Brave New World: Lyric Poem

"'On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand, may seize
  And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
  Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
  Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.'"  pg.144

While she is on the reservation, John takes a liking to Lenina.  John looks upon her while she sleeps and Shakespeare comes to mind.  He wants to touch her hand so badly, but he does not feel worthy of her.  The use of this lyric poem, excerpted from Romeo and Juliet, sheds light on his feelings for Lenina.  It also shows the difference between John and people of the World State.  Someone from the World State would go for instant gratification.  However, John did not his morals and views on sex are different from those of the World State.  The lyric poem from Shakespeare also shows how different John is.   In the World State, nobody even knows what Shakespeare is, but John practically lives by what he learned from reading Shakespeare.  I think it is nice that Shakespeare comes to mind when John thinks of Lenina, that he does not just think about having sex with her.  It is kind of refreshing to have a character who has strong morals and lives by them.  I hope that John will continue to hold strong to his morals throughout the book and not give into the ways of the World State.