I chose to look at “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”<\/p>\n
This sonnet is different from the typical sonnet. Instead of focusing on the positive traits of the woman. However, Shakespeare chooses to focus on the exact opposite of that. Shakespeare focuses on the woman’s flaws of the woman who he loves. Despite all her flaws, he still loves her and loves her for those flaws. Shakespeare even pokes fun at the end about other sonnets praises their loves instead of speaking the truth.<\/p>\n
At first the sonnet was confusing because the usual sonnet is painted as a love story that praises the woman’s beauty. Edward Hirsch stated, “the act of completion is when you enter the imaginative of the play, bringing it to your experience and point of view”. This is what I had to do when reading this sonnet. I closed my eyes and pictured what this woman looked like in Shakespeare’s eye.<\/p>\n
Shakespeare uses imagery to help the reader use readers use their senses to get an idea of what this woman is like. He uses visual imagery like “Coral is far more red than her lips”. Showing us that her lips are not red but possibly pale. He uses auditory imagery when he states “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know that music hath a far more pleasing sound”. Which gives us the impression that her voice is pleasing but not a sweet melody. He even compares her scent to not being like perfume. He engages our senses to describe this love.<\/p>\n
After visualizing the way Shakespeare described the woman, I was able get an idea of what this woman looked like. You are also able to see from his words that he still loves the woman and he uses honesty to express it. This also helped me see that it actually is a love sonnet just in Shakespeare’s own special way.<\/p>\n
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