Romeo and Juliet
Explain Romeo's response to Mercurio in these lines?
I am too sore enpierced with his shaft
To soar with his light feathers, and so bound
I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe;
Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.
I am too sore enpierced with his shaft
To soar with his light feathers, and so bound
I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe;
Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.
Mercutio wants Romeo to cheer up and return to being a lover when they go to the Capulet party. Romeo says that he has already been wounded by Cupid's arrow so he cannot soar like a free lover. He sinks beneath his wound. Remember that Romeo is still depressed from his unrequited love for Rosaline.