"Ask for me tomorrow,
Mercutio is making yet another joke; although, the joke is about his own imminent death. Grave can mean serious and a dead man's resting place, and both definitions are applicable. This makes it a double entendre.
Couplet
"And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly.
This is the truth, or let Benvolio die." (II.i.173-174).
This is a rhyming couplet that has meter and rhyme
Stressed: And he did e turn Fly
Unstressed: as fell rom o and
Paradox
"A damned saint, an honourable villain" (III.ii.79).
This line has 2 paradoxes because by principle a saint is not damned, and by nature, a villain is not honorable. The author includes this to show Juliet's indecision. She loves Romeo , But how can she love him if has killed her cousin.
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