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Falconry
Metaphor
Act 2,
Scene 2
Line 169b

Romeo refers to Juliet as his nyas or baby hawk in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2.

Romeo

             My nyas?

Picking up on Juliet’s earlier metaphor in which she called Romeo a peregrine falcon, he now refers to her as his “nyas,” a baby hawk.