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"die"
Innuendo
Act 3,
Scene 2
Lines 20-25

An explanation of sexual innuendo in Juliet’s speech in Act 3, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Juliet

Come gentle night, come loving black-browed night,   
Give me my Romeo; and when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun.

"To die" was common slang in Shakespeare's day for having an orgasm.