Shakespeare · Romeo and Juliet · Act 3, Scene 5
Aubade / parting at dawn
Duologue
Mixed
2–4 min
Love
Death
Disillusionment
Romeo and Juliet debate whether it is dawn, trying to deny the coming day, but the Nurse warns Juliet her mother is approaching, forcing Romeo to descend and the lovers to part with dark premonitions.
JULIET
Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierc’d the fearful hollow of thine ear; Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree. Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
ROMEO
It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing…
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