Mercutio's expectations of a love poem in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1.
Mercutio
Cry but 'Ay me!', pronounce but 'love' and 'dove.'
Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word,
Mercutio expects a lover’s spirit to be able to recite a typical love poem, which should include the cry of woe, “Ay me!” and the rhyme, “love” and “dove.”
