• Shakira 24 Feb. 2012 “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” is a sonnet written by William Shakespeare where he talks about the beauty of his mistress being less than what he is comparing her too. Mistress was the term used in Shakespeare’s time to refer to a wife or sweetheart. Shakespeare’s describes his mistress as an imperfect woman. His love for his mistress is from the heart rather than loving her with
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“My Mistress Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” is William Shakespeare’s 130th sonnet. It follows the traditional sonnet style that many of Shakespeare’s poem incorporate. The sonnet is 14 lines long and has an ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme as do many of Shakespeare’s famous works. Lines 1 and 3 rhyme sun and dun‚ lines 2 and 4 rhyme red and head‚ lines 5 and 7 rhyme white and delight‚ lines 6 and 8 rhyme cheeks and reeks‚ lines 9 and 11 rhyme know and go‚lines 10 and 12 rhyme sound and ground‚ and lines
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Within Shakespeare’s poem “My Mistress’ Eye Are Nothing Like The Sun”‚ Shakespeare essentially describes his mistress as an ugly abomination‚ with “wired” hair and dull lips‚ compared to the rest of society. Basically‚ Shakespeare make it seem as if the speaker’s mistress has no redeeming qualities that any other women could have. The speaker compares her physical attributes to the ‘beauty’ of nature‚ but rather than providing imagery for the audience that allows them to picture a beautiful woman
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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
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poems here‚today‚ include “Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day‚” and “My Mistresses Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun.”These two poems talk and describe love but in two very different ways and perspectives‚yet they were written by the same poet.This can either be because he was in both situations or his inspiration just struck.Be it as it may‚they still both express love in a faithful‚passionate way and a not so desirable way. The poem “Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day‚”(which is sonnet 18)‚ Talks
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realistic about their imperfections. “My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red (line 1 / 2)” Here he is comparing her eyes with the sun and the colour of her lips with coral red. “And in some perfumes is there more delight / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. (line7 / 8)” Here he states that his mistress breath’s stinks and that some perfumes gives him “more delight”. “I love to hear her speak‚ yet well I know / that music hath a far more pleasing
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30 June 2013 Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” William Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is a fourteen line poem that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The poem is also known as Sonnet 18‚ and is a beautiful poem describing just that‚ a summer’s day. If one wishes to be technical‚ Shakespeare does more than describe a summer’s day‚ he is comparing an individual to a summer’s day. Shakespeare uses the literary devices imagery
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My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun The tone of this poem is serious and comical. He realizes the imperfections in humans. This is clear in the poem in line 1 “my mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun” (Shakespeare W. My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun). Generally poets would worship their loved ones features‚ however the speaker appears to joke about this person’s features in this poem. In line 9 – 10 “i love to hear her speak‚ yet well i know that music hath a far more
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In the poem “Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day?” the author describes his lover to the unrivaled beauty that is summer. The season has made itself a good reputation for being very warm‚ comfortable‚ and relaxing. Many other lyricists‚ artists‚ and poets have described summer as being “too short” or have made statements about how summer lasts longer when spent with ones you love. No freebs when the author describes the love for his woman in this poem‚ he says that she is perfect and has an everlasting
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Shakespeare states that his lover is nothing close to these natural beauties‚ Shakespeare goes beyond the predictable love lines by being straightforward “Coral is far more red than her lips’ red.” His tone comes across as harsh. The poem ends on an unexpected sweet tone where Shakespeare states that his mistress is nothing like those naturally beautiful objects. He believes his love is more pure and more meaningful towards her because he isn’t cliché and unrealistic to compare her to such things. He loves
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