The lyrics in this song are told from the 1st person point of view of Juliet, the heroine in the story, which fits with Regis’s definition that romances must tell the story of one or more heroines. This song begins with the meeting of the hero and heroine, which matches Regis’s 2nd essential element (Meeting).
“I’m standing there on a balcony in summer air/See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns”–This description of the setting fits in the 1st essential element, Society Defined. The audience learns about social events that happen in Juliet’s society, and with the descriptors of “party” and “ball gowns,” they can infer the time period and society in which the song takes place.
“See you make your way through the crowd/And say hello”–This scene is subtle, but it is the initial attraction between the couple. Romeo travels through the entire “crowd” of people to talk to Juliet, which the audience can interpret as the beginning of their romance. This serves as the 4th essential element (Attraction).
Later in the song, we see that Juliet’s father is the external barrier that keeps Romeo and Juliet from being together. This matches Regis’s 3rd essential element (Barrier).
“It’s a love story, baby just say yes”–The first 3 occurrences of this line serve as the declaration of love from Juliet to Romeo. However, Romeo does not return the sentiment just yet, so the romance is not complete. The 5th essential element, the Declaration, fits in this scene.
The bridge of the song contains the point of ritual death of the story. Juliet feels as though their romance is doomed (“My faith in you was fading…I keep waiting for you, but you never come”), which aligns with Regis’s description of “the moment in the narrative when the union…seems absolutely impossible.” The Point of Ritual Death is the 6th essential element.
“He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said/Marry me, Juliet…”–This scene is Regis’s 8th element, the Betrothal. Romeo proposes to Juliet, and with the repetition of Juliet’s line from earlier in the song (“…baby just say yes”) the audience infers that Juliet has accepted the proposal.
“I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress”–This line gives the audience information about how Romeo overcame the external barrier to his union with Juliet. Romeo says that he convinced her father to let Juliet marry him before he proposed. However, listeners get this information after it has already happened, since they hear the story from Juliet’s point of view. This fits as the Recognition, the 7th essential element. This also relates to the 3rd accidental element, The Bad Converted, since Juliet’s controlling father comes around to let his daughter marry the man she loves.
Since this song includes all 8 of the essential elements and tells the story of a heroine, Regis would consider “Love Story” the perfect example of a romance.