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"this", "love", "feel"
Wordplay
Act 1,
Scene 1
Lines 175-177

Shakespeare uses the words "this", "love",  and "feel" in 2 different phrases in reverse order in my Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1                             

Romeo

Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep that is not what it is.
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.

Notice how Shakespeare uses the same three words — “this”, “love”, and “feel” — in the two clauses, but reverses their order.