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What does shakespeare mean in his sonnet when he says my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun?
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∙ 9y ago
All the other guys were writing sonnets saying, "My mistress's eyes are like the sun, her hair like fire, her lips like cherries, her cheeks like the petals of roses."
Shakespeare says, "Ever hear the word 'cliché'?
Rather than use these old, stale, tired metaphors, Shakespeare renounces them and says, "My mistress's eyes are like eyes actually, not the sun." She is a real woman, which means that she is not perfect or superhumanly beautiful, but, says Shakespeare, "I think my love as rare as any she belied with false compare."--she is more beautiful than any other real woman (who has probably been told she has eyes like the sun).
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How does the narrator in sonnet 130 describe the eye of his mistress?
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
Who is the speaker in My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun?
Shakespeare. It's the first line of his Sonnet 130.
Which sonnet begins My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun and sonnet?
Sonnet 130
What is the title sonnet 130?
Shakespearean sonnet #130: My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun
What year did William Shakespeare write your mistress eyes?
Presumably you are referring to Sonnet 130 "My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun". We know that it was written before 1608, when it was first published. How much before is anyone's guess.
How does the narrator in sonnet 130 describe the eye of his mistress?
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
How does the narrator in sonnet 130 describe the eyes his mistress?
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
What is the rhyme scheme of my mistress's eyes?
The rhyme scheme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," is ababcdcdefefgg.
Who is the speaker in My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun?
Shakespeare. It's the first line of his Sonnet 130.
Which sonnet begins My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun and sonnet?
Sonnet 130
What is the title sonnet 130?
Shakespearean sonnet #130: My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun
What year did William Shakespeare write your mistress eyes?
Presumably you are referring to Sonnet 130 "My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun". We know that it was written before 1608, when it was first published. How much before is anyone's guess.
How does the narrator in 130 describe the eyes of his mistress?
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
What is the form of the poem your mistress eyes are nothing like the sun?
It's a sonnet.
Examples of a sonnet?
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), "Sonnet 130" ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"), and Petrarch's "Sonnet 90" ("She used to let her golden hair fly free").
What are 3 ways Shakespeare is insulting his mistress in the sonnet?
If you mean Shakespeare's sonnet 130 (My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun) - Shakespeare does not insult his mistress anywhere in this sonnet. The plain sense of the sonnet is that Shakespeare is saying: 'Other poets write about girlfriends with skin whiter than snow, lips redder than coral, and voices sweeter than music: but my girlfriend is better than that.' If your teacher thinks that Sonnet 130 insults the woman it is written about - then your teacher should not be teaching poetry (any more than an Intelligent Design advocate should be teaching Biology). End of.
Which objective best describes Shakespeare's narrator's mistress?
"Sonnet 130" satirizes the ideals of beauty of Shakespeare's time. Instead of saying that his mistress is as beautiful as a flower, a summer's day, etc., he details all of the ways in which she fails to compare to anything of that nature and in fact is not attractive at all.
