It makes fun of the blazon and exaggerated comparisons of beauty.
sonnet 18
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Iambic pentameter.
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
The main metaphor of sonnet 116 can be found in the second quatrain. " O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark". This mark refers to the North Star which in this period would have guided lost ships ("barks") back home. Love therefore is compared to the North Star as true love will guide one to there 'destination' or destiny.
sonnet 18
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Iambic pentameter.
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
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.
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