This was my first year to teach Romeo and Juliet. I had forgotten (or elsewise not truly noticed) how vulgar this play is when I first read it, some twelve years or more ago. My students unfortunately noticed! At least it kept them engaged.
Despite the opening rape "jokes" and genitalia humor (which must have been to shock the audience into silence) there are some absolutely stunning lines in this play. Here are some of my not-so-famous favorites.

"Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops."

"I must hear from thee every day in the hour,
For in a minute there are many days."


This truly makes me want to read through Shakespeare's other plays. Perhaps I will read some this summer!