Read the excerpt below and answer the question. HERMIA:
...But I beseech your grace that I may know
The worst that may befall me in this case,
If I refuse to wed Demetrius.

THESEUS:
Either to die the death or to abjure
For ever the society of men.
Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires;
Know of your youth, examine well your blood,
Whether, if you yield not to your father's choice,
You can endure the livery of a nun,
For aye to be in shady cloister mew'd,
To live a barren sister all your life,
Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon.

In at least 200 words, explain how literary devices such as rhyme, meter, and symbolism convey meaning of this excerpt from A Midsummer Night's Dream.