Act 3, scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet opens with a soliloquy. Juliet is alone in the Capulet house. It is approximately three hours after her secret marriage to Romeo. She is eagerly waiting for the sun to set and night to fall, so Romeo can visit her in secret and the two can consummate their marriage.

Although plays are enjoyable to read, they are intended to be performed. With this is mind, Shakespeare uses metaphors and descriptive language to convey Juliet's deep love for Romeo and her eagerness, anxiety, and excitement about making her marriage official.

In Juliet's soliloquy, Shakespeare's words so effectively capture Juliet's delighted anxiousness, the reader can almost see her pacing back and forth, biting her nails, and looking out her window in eager anticipation of nightfall and Romeo's arrival.

She is both excited and nervous about Romeo's imminent approach. She hopes that nightfall will come quickly, so she and Romeo can consummate their love. She is excited and can barely wait to see and hold him again. She is also anxious, as she is young and sexually inexperienced. She is shy and hopes that the darkness of the night will hide her cheeks, which are rosy from nervous blushing.

Shakespeare compares Juliet to a black-clad widow, suggesting that her separation from Romeo is heartbreaking and unbearable.

Shakespeare compares Juliet's excitement to that of an "impatient child" who, on the eve of a holiday, has new clothes, but is not yet allowed to wear them: she is married to Romeo, but has not yet had the opportunity to enjoy him fully as her husband. Shakespeare says Juliet has been sold, but is not yet possessed; she has purchased the mansion of love, but has not yet moved into it. These metaphors illustrate the uneasiness and eager anticipation Juliet feels due to not having consummated her marriage yet.

Juliet hopes when she dies Romeo will be turned into stars and appear to her in the heavens as a constellation in the image of his earthly form. This suggests she cannot bear the thought of being away from Romeo and not being able to see him even once they are separated by death.