Poor living corse, closed in a dead man’s tomb!
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 2. There is ominous foreshadowing in Friar Laurence’s words of sorrow for the sleeping Juliet in the Capulet tomb. He doesn’t know it yet, but she will never leave the tomb, where she will become a dead corpse. "Poor living corse" is both an oxymoron and implied metaphor, comparing Juliet to a corpse.