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Which figure of speech is used in this excerpt from act 1 of shakespeare's romeo and juliet?

romeo: o, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
it seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
like a rich jewel in an ethiope's ear;
beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!

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