Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Friar Laurence uses comparisons such as fire and powder and overly sweet honey to show that intense pleasure can become destructive or unpleasant. He then directly advises Romeo to “love moderately,” emphasizing the point that love should not move too quickly or become excessive. So the lines emphasize a point about love, rather than define it or simply describe its feelings.

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