What evidence from the text supports the idea that Romeo forgets about
Rosaline on seeing Juliet for the first time?
ROMEO
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-
Beauty too rich for use, for Earth too dear.
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
--William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, scene v, lines 51-60.
OA. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand
OB. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, / For I ne'er saw true
beauty till this night.
OC. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
OD. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in an
Ethiop's ear-
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