Shakespeare's sonnet 130 is a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of rhyme scheme. Its meter is iambic pentameter, and its tone is satirical.
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
Shakespeare's sonnet 130 is a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of rhyme scheme. Its meter is iambic pentameter, and its tone is satirical.
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
The blush that accompanies a rose
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare mocks the conventional style of Petrarchan love poems that idealize the subject's beauty and compare them to unrealistic and exaggerated images, such as roses and the sun. Instead, Sonnet 130 uses humor and satire to describe love more realistically and celebrates the imperfections and humanity of the beloved.