> ROMEO
> It was the lark, the herald of the morn,
> No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks
> Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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Why does Juliet claim that the singing bird is a nightingale rather than lark?
Juliet does not claim that the bird is a nightingale. It is Romeo who asks her:
> ROMEO > It was the lark, the herald of the morn, > No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks > Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. |