The poetry depends on extended, sometimes elaborate metaphors and conceits, and the language is often rhetorical — written for actors to declaim rather than speak.
1	The	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poetry	poetry	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	depends	depend	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	E	_	9	case	_	_
5	extended	extended	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	8	punct	_	_
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	B	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
9	metaphors	metaphor	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	conceits	conceit	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	18	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	language	language	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	B	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	rhetorical	rhetorical	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
19	—	—	PUNCT	FF	_	18	punct	_	_
20	written	write	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	E	_	22	case	_	_
22	actors	actor	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	PART	_	24	mark	_	_
24	declaim	declaim	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
25	rather	rather	ADP	E	_	27	mark	_	_
26	than	than	ADP	E	_	25	fixed	_	_
27	speak	speak	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	3	punct	_	_
