"dull earth"
Metaphor
Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 1-2
[The Capulet’s party has ended, and Romeo is headed home down a lane that runs alongside the orchard behind the Capulet mansion. A wall separates the lane from the orchard.]
Romeo
Here, Romeo metaphorically describes himself as dull, heavy earth, or dirt., which falls toward the center of the earth by gravity. But in another sense, Romeo is comparing his body to dull or listless dirt, which is drawn toward its center of attraction: Juliet. (Which echoes the old biblical notion of our bodies returning to the earth upon death: "dust to dust.")
