 Since Rosaline is unattainable, she is a perfect subject for this style; but Romeo's attempt at it is forced and weak.By the time he meets Juliet his poetic ability has improved considerably.Rosaline is used as a name for only one other Shakespearean character—one of the main female figures in "Love's Labours Lost" (1598), although Rosalin"d" is the name of the main female character in "As You Like It".