* Simile: "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. (II.ii.136-138)
* Personification: "When he bestrides the lazy-paced clouds/ And sails upon the bosom of the air." (III.ii.59-60)
* Hyperbole: "O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,(II.ii.109)
* Oxymoron: "O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything, of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity..." (I.i.175-176)