My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Sonnet 130
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"I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
ReplyDeleteThat music hath a far more pleasing sound" I think this line is the most powerful our of all the other lines. To me this is the one that shows how much in love he is with the woman. He compares her voice to music; I hear music everyday so I can relate as to comparing voices to music. Music is soothing and most of the time "smooth," no voice is really smooth or has a pattern to it, but he still loves to here it, even more than music. Just the sound can make his day complete, knowing that music can be much more entertaining. The lady is not perfect, but to him she might as well be. She doesn't compare to all the beauty in the world, but in his eyes, She. Is. Perfect.
Interesting reply. There is much truth in your response. Did you realize that most of what he is saying is not very nice? Well, that is until the end.
Delete"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare"
"And in some perfumes is there more delight
ReplyDeleteThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks." I think line is the best in the entire poem. No doubt that the woman being mentioned is loved greatly, but anyone can love a woman based off of the looks. The line above helps his plea to why he loves her because he loves the way she smells so to me it shows he is not shallow and he looks past beauty. Besides that I find this poem effective because of the metaphor usage here. Like the line were he compares her voice to music. In conclusion, I like how he says she isn't the most beautiful in the world, but she is perfect just the way she is.
Read these two lines together...
Delete"And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."
What is he saying?
"I grant I never saw a goddess go." Is a line that shows a great comparison when interpreting this poem. It's strong and shows me so much from Shakepeare's perspective. I could imagine the elegance and grace a goddess radiates then look at his words and the rest of the poem and with his descriptions, see much of what he sees. And not only that but feel much of what he feels as well. A goddess... is thought of when he thinks of his love.
ReplyDeleteMy mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
ReplyDeleteWell I had to read the story twice to actually know what he was talking about. When I realize on what he was talking about, it kind of made me laugh. He's saying how the girl that he is in loved with is far from perfect, he is almost in a sense talking down on her. In the line I chose kind of show this by saying her eyes is nothing like the sun. The images in the poem show me imperfect person, but in the end he still manages shows that he thankful for her and still thinks she is perfect in her own way, which is awesome.
Nice! You got it perfectly. I'm glad you were able to laugh. I laughed too.
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"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
ReplyDeleteCoral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks....I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground."
I loved these lines because Shakespeare compares nature to his lover. If this was taken literally then it'll be ridiculous. What made me laugh was how he said that her breath stunk. I couldn't believed how he would compliment her but then all of a sudden says something negative. Also , he talks about how he has never seen a goddess but his lover walks the ground. I think that this was a good line because he ended it with a compliment that sounded better than any other one he said before.
It's cool that you were able to catch that. See if there are any other images that go along that same idea. Does he say anything else that was not "nice?"
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite line from this poem is where he say's, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head." This is my favorite line because the way he describes her is hideous and nasty but then he say's at the end he says," And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare. As any she belied with false compare." Or in other words that he still loves her even being the way she is.
ReplyDeleteSo, what do you think about that. Would you mind if someone wrote this poem about you?
Delete"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare.
ReplyDeleteAs any she belied with false compare."
I like this lines because it jsut ties the whole thing together. Throughout the whole story he was only saying how awful she was. Her skin was pale, breath smelled, and her voice was horrible. But even though she was probably the worst mistress he could have he wouldnt give her up for anyone else, hence the last two lines.
"And in some perfumes is there more delight
ReplyDeleteThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks."
I loved these two lines because it is the first line that made me see how he is trying to drive this poem. I think it was the the most blunt thing that he said. The way thatshe decribed everything else about her it was a little sugar coated but then you notice that the wire her ugly a dry hair out of her hair instead of the beautifulness you expected.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
ReplyDeleteAs any she belied with false compare.
In the poem he talks about this girl, a significant girl. Who he really likes. That girl has many flaws but he knows that she is only human , so he accepts her for who she is. He likes her, and the last line proves it, which is why i picked it.