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Question:The answer to this was no where in the play, or explained by my teacher and its on a test. I googled it and found nothing
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_____ 9. "Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb." is an example of

A. Senecan foreboding
B. a feminine meter
C. an heroic couplet


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The answer to this was no where in the play, or explained by my teacher and its on a test. I googled it and found nothing
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_____ 9. "Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb." is an example of

A. Senecan foreboding
B. a feminine meter
C. an heroic couplet

The Answer is A) Senecan Foreboding. Or an example of Foreshadowing. You see, even though in that act, Romeo assures Juliet that they will see each other again, the fact is that the next time she sees him, he will be in the tomb, dead. So what she says in that line is foreshadowing.

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A- it is foreboding that he will be in a toumb by the end of the play- they both will be

A. It's not feminine meter and it doesn't ryhme, so by process of elimination, it's A