During their first meeting at the Capulet party, they speak in sonnets, a sign to readers that they will end up becoming the object of the other's affection. However, the pattern of Petrarchan sonnets looms large in Romeo's life, where requited love never exists, which signals that this love will not be eternal. The most explicit moment for their fate occurs during Act 5, scene 3, where Romeo takes his own life, failing to realize that Juliet is still alive. When Romeo first enters the tomb and sees Juliet's lifeless body, one of the first things he says is, “Oh, how can I / call this lightning? Oh my love! my wife!” (V.3.90-91). This type of reaction, the feeling that his newly gained love has suddenly been snatched away from him, shows Romeo's true influence from the Petrarchan sonnet. The two lovers were reunited as quickly as they were taken away, restoring balance to the archetypal Petrarchan sonnet of love that ultimately fails. Romeo continues with, “Why are you still so beautiful? Shall I believe / That insubstantial Death is loving, / And that the lean abhorred monster keeps you / Here in the dark to be his mistress? (V.3.102-105). Romeo, by not examining Juliet further (not touching her until she has already taken the poison, according to stage directions), accepts from afar that even if Juliet does not appear dead, she is; adding that death is only preserving aspects of him