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Read the pun, keeping in mind that a jest is a joke and a pump is a shoe.

Mercutio: Well said; follow me this jest now till thou hast worn out the pump, that, when the single sole of it is worn, the jest may remain after the wearing sole singular.

Romeo: O single-soled jest! solely singular for the singleness.

—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

Which words are used as puns in these lines?
follow and now
jest and worn
single and sole


What effect do the puns have on the passage?
they foreshadow the future
they create a playful mood
they reveal how romeo was feeling

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1. Single and sole
2. They create a playful mood

Single and sole are used as puns. Puns are jokes that exploit  the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound similar but have different meanings.

Puns create a playful mood. Since they are trivial jokes, they create this spirited mood.

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