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It's a metaphor. Romeo is comparing Juliet to an earring which dangles against a person's cheek. The person's skin, like the night, is dark, and Juliet shines in the dark the way a jewelled earring might shine against the skin of a dark-skinned person. It is surely one of Shakespeare's most beautiful and evocative metaphors.
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∙ 7y agoThe whole statement "She doth hang upon the cheek of night like a fair jewel in an Ethiop's ear." is a complicated piece of figurative speech. The basic idea is a simile: the fair Juliet contrasts with the velvety darkness of the night in the same way that a jewel might contrast with the brown skin of an African. Because the comparison is explicit (it uses the word "like") in is a simile. But in the middle of it is the phrase "the cheek of night". Does night really have cheeks? No, of course not; people do. When things which are not people are given characteristics that people have, that is a personification. In addition, we are told that Juliet "hangs", but is she really dangling from a rope? No, this is also figurative, in order to give strength to the simile, and because in this case the comparison is not explicit, this is a metaphor.
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