The blush that accompanies a rose
In sonnet 130, the speaker mentions that his mistress's cheeks are not as red as coral. He is highlighting the honesty in his love by comparing her to realistic, ordinary things rather than using exaggerated, flowery language.
Shakespeare's sonnet 130 is a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of rhyme scheme. Its meter is iambic pentameter, and its tone is satirical.
Shakespearean sonnet #130: My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 was published by Thomas Thorpe in 1609 along with a series of 154 other sonnets.
Sonnet 18 is an expression of love. It describes the person he is speaking of as beautiful, sweet, and temperate. Sonnet 130 takes the opposite approach by describing how she is not as beautiful as nature.
ugly
found and there
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare follows an ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme. Each quatrain has a unique rhyme scheme, and the couplet at the end rhymes with itself.
black wire
The actual quote is "And yet by heaven I think my love as rare..." The quote was written by none other than William Shakespeare. It was from the sonnet, Sonnet 130. This whole sonnet is based around Shakespeare's light-hearted mocking of the conventional sonnet.
Imperfect. Ugly