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    Sonnet 130

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    In the sonnet 130‚ by William Shakespeare‚ plays an elaborate joke on the convention of love poetry. He describes his beloved in a surprising way‚ informing that she is not the possessor of good looks. In the end poet concludes that he loves his beloved more than he could a perfect maiden. Overall‚ appearance does not matter where true love is concerned. We normally expect poets to praise their woman they love by comparing them with natures most beautiful things. However‚ in this

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    My Mistress eyes

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    Assignment 01: Poetry (Seasons Come to Pass) William Shakespeare My MistressEyes are Nothing Like the Sun 1. The poem is written in iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyming scheme. My mistresseyes are nothing like the sun; a Coral is far more red than her lips ’ red; b If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun; a If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head. b I have seen roses damasked‚ red and white‚ c But no such roses see I in her cheeks; d And in

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    Sonnet 130

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    Ethan A. Proffitt ENG 243 Phil Ferguson 11-17-14 Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare’s 130th sonnet is perhaps the most intriguing and conceptually bizarre. The majority of his sonnets on the subject of women detail how lovely and fair they are‚ or how he is unable to serenade them (often because of a superior man); this particular example is an utter contradiction to his other female-based works. The central idea of the speaker here is to describe the appearance of his love interest to someone else‚

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    Shakespeare’s Mistress Was Only Human In William Shakespeare’s [My mistresseyes are nothing like the sun] he talks about his mistress as being less then all the things that he compares her to. In some ways this is a good thing‚ but yet again it is a little hurtful and actually a bet cruel. However in the last few stanzas he states that if this woman was not a human‚ they would not be able to love each other. Even though Shakespeare is in a way insulting his mistress it is more heart felt

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    Identifying Tone in Shakespeare’s Sonnet‚ “My MistressEyes” William Shakespeare illustrates that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder in his sonnetMy MistressEyes. This poem describes the physical characteristics of his mistress using ironic comparison. Shakespeare also uses an extreme shift in the tone of his sonnet to show how he feels about the physical appearance of his mistress. The sonnet essentially raises the question‚ "What is beauty?" The poem begins to describe things in

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    Sonnet 130

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    Sonnet 130: Imperfectly Perfect The secular world is increasingly fixated on the concept of beauty and the pursuit of perfection‚ however this preoccupation is not unique to the 20th century. While traditional love poems in the 18th century generally focused on glorifying a woman’s beauty‚ Sonnet 130 written by William Shakespeare goes against the conventional culture of love poems and instead describes the realistic nature of his object of affection. In Sonnet 130‚ the idea of love and is intensely

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    Shakespeare’s sonnetMy MistressEyes‚ explores the common and oft-heard comparisons created concerning one’s love to the material objects of beauty‚ and considers the value within such correlations. As the essay explores these associations‚ it ultimately comes to the conclusion that such comparisons can not properly depict the love that is present towards a close other. As the speaker begins his sequence of comparisons regarding his “mistress‚” he takes an unusual turn‚ pointing out that his

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    Sonnet 130

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    Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare is a love story. He describe the girl as someone who is not attractive‚ but he still loves her none the less. The purpose of the poem is to tell people that you don’t need to be worried about appearance. It’s what’s on the inside that really matters. Shakespeare is the speaker of this poem. It’s easy to see through the last few lines of the sonnet that he really loves this girl. It’s obvious that he can see through her non-attractiveness‚ but it’s also obvious

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    Sonnet 130 and Sonnet 18

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    The poems “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” were first published in 1609 and were written by William Shakespeare. The “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” have no titles that are the reason that they have a number (for example 18 and 130) for the poems. The number was based on the order in which the poems were first published in 1609. These poems are two of one hundred fifty four poems written by Shakespeare. The poems consist of fourteen lines that is divided into two parts. One is an opening octet with eight

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    transform one’s view on important topics that affect our generation and will continue to affect generations to come. In John Donne’s metaphysical poem ‘The Sun Rising’‚ he explores the valuable idea of love being stronger than time as love surpasses all boundaries. In contrast‚ Shakespeare’s sonnet 130 explores the reality of love being in the eye of the beholder and that true love is a chemistry that cannot be defined. Both of these poems‚ although from diverse eras‚ study the valuable notion of love

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