What does the allusion in this text suggest?
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
—Taylor Swift, "Love Story"
The speaker has been waiting for a long time. The speaker loves someone she is forbidden to see.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
An allusion is a brief reference to something or someone well known, often from history or literature.
"I'd better get home before I turn into a pumpkin!" Lila remarked.
The text uses an allusion, a brief reference to someone or something well known.
The allusion Romeo suggests that the speaker loves someone she is forbidden to see. Shakespeare's Romeo is deeply in love with Juliet, but their warring families try to keep them apart.