My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun 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 damask’d‚ 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
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Eye of the Beholder Shakespeare’s‚ “My Mistress’ Eyes are nothing like the Sun”‚ is a sonnet that contains fourteen lines. Each line possessing ten syllables and the meter of the sonnet is Iambic pentameter. In these fourteen lines Shakespeare beings to describe the beauty of his mistress and shows how she is still yet a human being with flaws. Shakespeare’s sonnet‚ “My Mistress’ Eyes are nothing like the Sun”‚ can be broken into four pieces‚ three quatrains and a couplet. This sonnet by Shakespeare
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most poets‚ who are writing sonnets‚ would praise the ones they love and not be 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
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"My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun" is a poem written by William Shakespeare about the love towards an imperfect woman. He explains that although his mistress is imperfect‚ he finds his love special and "rare." If the modern day reader is not careful‚ he/she might be quick to assume the role of the woman that Shakespeare writes about. Although the word mistress now refers to a sweetheart or a woman who lives with a man without being married to him‚ in Shakespeare’s time‚ it meant a woman
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Determination is a characteristic very few people have. But‚ in this case the main character has this uncommon attribute. In the book Through my Eyes (Tebow)‚ Tim‚ a determined football player‚ shows a plethora of events of him never giving up. Tim Tebow never gave up on anything‚ including his education‚ football career‚ and farming. School work was especially challenging for Tim considering that he was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. Isn’t it hard to imagine getting a good education with
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In sharp contrast‚ sonnet 130 and 147 use dark diction to express the dark lady. In sonnet 130 the speaker uses comparison / “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;” to begin the sonnet to express the almost demonic mysterious appearance of the lady. Another comparison is the dark lady to a “goddess” and how a goddess does not walk‚ but rather floats‚ but the speaker’s lady “treads on the ground” (pp550). The speaker shows how his dark lady is far from perfect and may lack many of the qualities
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Micaela Oates #1. Robert Creely - ’Oh No’ (pg 411) At the end of the second line of Creely’s poem ‚he refers to the subject as a it.I did’nt know who what or where he meant when.I didnt know who or what the word ’it’ was referring to .The First line suggest that if wander far enough we will ultimately reach this it . Creely Imediately makes me feel that this it was a defenite‚a destination that will inevitabley be met.With this being said ‚ the use of the word wander suggest some kind of journey
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