Shakespearean sonnet #130: My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
Shakespeare. It's the first line of his Sonnet 130.
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.
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.
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
Shakespearean sonnet #130: My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun
The rhyme scheme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," is ababcdcdefefgg.
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
It's a sonnet.
Shakespeare. It's the first line of his Sonnet 130.
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.
Some examples of Shakespeare's short sonnets include Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), Sonnet 29 ("When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"), and Sonnet 130 ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun").
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").
Shakespeare says: 'My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun'
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.
"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.