Vol. 08 · Shakespeare ·Romeo and Juliet, Act II.ii ·Juliet
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Not quite the line.
How it's usually quoted
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
What Shakespeare actually wrote
"Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow." Juliet — Romeo and Juliet, Act II.ii
Why it matters
The famous line is part of a couplet — the rhyme "sorrow/morrow" completes it. Orphaning the first half makes it sound declarative rather than lovestruck.
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