Romeo is saying that Juliet's beauty outshines the stars, just as daylight makes a lamp seem dim in comparison. He is emphasizing how radiant and dazzling he finds her.
Romeo says, "O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!" in Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet. It's part of Romeo's lament that he wishes he could be inanimate so he could touch Juliet without being intrusive.
"See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek!" (2.2.23-25) this is in the begining of scene 2 in act 2 at the start of the famous balcony scene before Juliet knows that romeo is there. or in modern English See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O I wish I were a glove on that hand So that I might touch that cheek!
Sweet.
This line from Shakespeare's Sonnet 67 expresses the desire to be so intimately close to the beloved that one becomes like a glove on their hand, able to touch their cheek with tenderness and affection. It reflects a yearning for deep connection and physical closeness with the beloved.
Romeo
Romeo says "See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon the hand, that i might touch that cheek!" Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 23, 24, 25.
Romeo says "See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon the hand, that i might touch that cheek!" Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 23, 24, 25.
"She doth lie upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear,"
In a jealousy conceit, a lover wishes he were an ornament, article of clothing or creature of his mistress so that he might be that much closer to her. As in Romeo's lines when he first sees Juliet: See! How she leans her cheek upon her hand: O! that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek.
She doth lie upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she: Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love! O, that she knew she were! She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that? Her eye discourses; I will answer it. I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night. See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek!
In Romeo and Juliet Act II, Shakespeare uses simile, personification, and apostrophe. Romeo uses a simile to describe JulietÕs eyes Ð ÒThe brightness of her cheek would shame those stars/As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heavenÉÓ (Act 2 Scene 2). Romeo uses personification to describe JulietÕs beauty Ð ÒIt is the East, and Juliet is the sun!/Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,/Who is already sick and pale with grief.Ó (Act 2 Scene 2) Last, and perhaps most famously, Juliet uses apostrophe Ð ÒO Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore are thou Romeo?Ó (Act 2 Scene 2)