Romeo

Question 1

Away from light

Answer 1

Away from light steals home my heavy son,
And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,
And makes himself an artificial night.
Black and portentous must this humour prove,
Unless good counsel may the cause remove.

Question 2

Love is a smoke

Answer 2

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs,
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes,
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.

Question 3

Show me a mistress

Answer 3

Show me a mistress that is passing fair,
What doth her beauty serve, but as a note
Where may I read who passed that passing fair?
Farewell, thou canst not teach me to forget

Question 4

Give me a

Answer 4

Give me a torch; I am not for this ambling.
Being but heavy, I will bear the light.

Question 5

Not I, believe me,

Answer 5

Not I, believe me; you have dancing shoes
With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead
So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.

Question 6

I am too sore

Answer 6

I am too sore empierced with his shaft
To soar with his light feathers; and so bound,
I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe.
Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.

Question 7

A torch for me;

Answer 7

A torch for me; let wantons light of heart
Tickle the senseless rushes with their heels.

Question 8

I’ll be a candleholder

Answer 8

I’ll be a candle-holder and look on;
The game was ne’er so fair, and I am done.

Question 9

He bears him

Answer 9

He bears him like a portly gentleman;
And to say truth, Verona brags of him
To be a virtuous and well-governed youth.