Question

Please explain :

"she is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair. to merit bliss by making me despair. she hath forsworn to love in that vow do i live dead that live to tell it now"

Answer 1

This is from Romeo and Juliette, Act 1 Scene 1. In this part of the scene, Romeo explains to his cousin Benvolio that he's in love with a girl named Rosaline, that she is beautiful and smart. However, he tells Benvolio that she doesn't have the same feelings for him and that she's sworn to live a life of chastity, which causes Romeo to "despair".