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What does Romeo mean when he says “can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth and find thy center out”

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He's saying he cant leave his "heart" behind. In modern English, this line would be more like "Can I go away while my heart stays here? I have to go back to where my heart is."
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he means his heart is there, he asks time to not move. he asks that the earth will find it's center where his heart is
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