In this sonnet, William Shakespeare talks about a loved one, who he compares to things that are, suppose to be beautiful. His comparison gives the reader a good idea on what his lover looks like. The real side of his lover and not what is usually stated in sonnets about a loved one. What he is trying say is that love doesnt have to be excessive and extravagant, its the simple things that the heart truly beats for. He realizes that his mistress is not perfect but despite this he is able to accept her for who she is, and come to love her. Even though throughout the poem he feels the need to comment on all of her imperfections he continues to use my mistress signalling that perhaps there is more to it then he hints at. He mocks love in the beginning, but as time goes on he slowly becomes more conformed to the love poems of the time period.
The opening line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 is an unexpected simile My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun. We might normally expect poets, especially those of Shakespeare's time, to praise the women they love by telling us that their eyes do shine like the sun. But a writer such as Shakespeare is not likely to follow the ways in which sonnets are wrote and make embellished comparisons; here he is describing reality.
In the following lines Shakespeare continues to portray his mistress in terms of the of sight, smell, sound and touch, but there is no charm here. Colours are focused on first Coral is far more red than her lips' red tells us that lips are not naturally a bright red colour. Pale skin would have been sought after, but Shakespeare's mistress had dun-coloured breasts, dun being quite a dark colour. It seems that she did not have soft, sleek hair, because it is compared to wire. Shakespeare relates that he has seen beautiful two-toned or 'dmasked' roses, but that there is no rosiness in his mistress' cheeks.
Although, the poem does not reflect on the way sonnets are usually described by having the women being described as an immortal being to describe them to be a picture of absolute beauty but yet Shakespeare still uses the structure and format of an English sonnet by still having the cuplet and the quatrains so it can still be noted as a sonnet.
The poet is quite direct in notifying us that his mistress has bad breath; in fact it 'reeks', and there is no hint of perfume. In the new line the first compliment 'I love to hear her speak', but Shakespeare admits in the following line that he would actually prefer music to her voice. Subsequently Shakespeare implies that the way his mistress moves could not be compared to a goddess, and he goes on to say 'My mistress when she walks treads upon the ground', creating the impression that she is heavy-footed.
Sonnet 130 follows the usual structure of the Shakespearean sonnet, with the last two lines being a rhyming couplet. This change marks a change in content too Shakespearean sonnets he says that in spite of all the insults, he genuinely loves his mistress I think my love as rare as any she belied with false compare. Appearances are not what matter where true love is concerned.
To conclude Shakespeare shows that his love for his mistress is still there Shakespeare really shows his love to be true and pure but really the way that he is perceiving that love is more loving than to compare your love to something that is not true because it is imaginary but Shakespeare show his true love by showing how, she is really which is more loving than how other poets may write a sonnet.
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