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My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun By Jane Martin
One of the themes discussed in class was beauty. One poem we read was “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare. He is describing the love he has for his mistress. A play called “Beauty” written by Jane Martin shows society definition of beauty. Both poems are showing ugliness masked by beauty. Shakespeare wrote his poem about a mistress who is not beautiful but he finds beauty in her flaws. Shakespeare uses metaphors to describe his mistress. “If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head ” (Shakespeare). He portrays her hair as thin, dark and heavy. He describes her voice as not being pleasing. “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know that music hath a far more pleasing sound” (Shakespeare). He says he loves
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