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4A - GROUP 4 - My Mistress' Eyes, MaryFitton :, shakespeare_ritratto,…
4A - GROUP 4 - My Mistress' Eyes
Narrator
Generally it's unknown whether the author, William Shakespeare, is the protagonist of his own poems. The speaker is an anonymous lover.
Title
My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (sonnet 130)
Structure
It's a sonnet composed by 4 stanzas, 3 quatrains and a couplet.
Rhyme
The rhyme scheme of this piece is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Shakespeare composed the poem in iambic pentametres with a few variations
Figurative language
Simile= It occurs in the first two lines: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;/ Coral is far more red than her lips' red". (Line 1,2)
Metaphor= Readers can find an implicit comparison between music and human voice in this line "That music hath a far more pleasing sound". (Line 10)
Hyperbole= It occurs in the following lines: "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head" (Line 4) and "Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks" (Line 8)
Sound device
Alliteration: It occurs in the r's: “Coral is far more red than her lips' red, hear her speak” (line 2)
Themes
the love for a woman with flaws and imperfections
Attitude
"Sonnet 130" has a tone of truthfulness. Throughout the sonnet Shakespeare says somewhat mean but truthful facts about the appearance of his mistress. Even though the statements seem cruel and mean he is speaking the truth and these flaws don't bother him. The sonnet's mood is loving.
Conclusion
The speaker knows how to express his attitude towards the Dark Lady to the reader; in fact the woman isn't described as "perfection" nor as an "angel", but as a female with flaws, insecurities and imperfections but can still be loved by humans. The poem speaks about the truth and maybe it gives a sparkle of hope and life to young women thinking they cannot find true love because they're not defined by the times' standards.
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