Shakespeare 130th Sonnet Analysis
Sonnets are rhymed poems consisting of fourteen lines, it is divided into two different lines, the first eight lines making up the octet and the other last six lines being the sestet. The Shakespearean sonnet however differs from the Petrarchian sonnets and the Spenserian sonnet, it ends with a rhymed couplet and follows the rhyme scheme. Therefore, the octet and sestet structure can be unconventionally divided into three quatrains with alternating rhymes concluding in a rhymed couplet. Till present day, over more than one hundred fifty of Shakespeare's sonnets is still debated and very much well-known throughout English literature. Shakespeare's poetic genius' is very evident throughout many of his poems, it is his superior skill of using different elements of poetic technique that he make use of in trying to convey the message in his poems that makes his poetry not only significantly beautiful but also meaningful. William Shakespeare's one hundred and thirtieth Sonnet, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" narrates a story on the subject of love. Shakespeare's main theme in the poem is none other but to emphasize the deeper meaning of love, love is much more important and meaningful than just the attraction of an individual's external appearance; love should come from the heart. In the poem itself, Shakespeare was able to portray this theme through comparing a women who is not physically perfect to beautiful matters. Regardless of his mistress's not so attractive appearance Shakespeare is still captivated by her, "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare, line 13." Ultimately Shakespeare was able to develop the meaning within a poem through the usage of selective diction, the specific rhyme scheme, and lastly the structure of the poem. First of all, Shakespeare's used of selective language is the reason why the poem is so significant, it helped the readers understand the overall mood of the poem and it also helped them