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Princess Garcia November 19, 2012 English IV Honors 3rd Period Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Simile Coral is far more red than her lips' red; Paradox If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; Imagery and Metaphor If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her hand. Imagery and Metaphor I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks, Imagery and Syntax And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. Metaphor I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go, My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. Translation: My mistress' eyes do not shine like the sun; Coral is more red than her own lips; Compared to snow, her skin tone is grayish brown; Her hair is a black as black wires. I have seen grayish red roses before, But not even a tint of grayish red in her cheeks, There are some perfumes that are more delightful Than her breath that reeks. I love to hear her voice, even though Music is far more pleasing/better. I have never seen a goddess walk, She walks treading on the ground. I swear, on heaven (to God), that my love is true

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Compared to other woman she nothing compared to them. Interpretation: She doesn't have a sparkle in her eyes; Her lips aren't that red; Her skin tone isn't pale but grayish brown; (she isn't from an affluent family) She has oily black hair. She doesn't have rosy cheeks, And she has bad breath. I love her voice, even though its nothing Compared to music She doesn't walk gracefully as a goddess, I truly love her even though she isn't as beautiful as other women. Narrator/speaker: The writer who wrote this sonnet. Audience: Whom the speaker wrote this to. This could be a journal entry. Form of Structure: Iambic Pentameter consisting of four stanzas: three Quatrains and one Couplet. Tone: Admiration Message: She may not be beautiful compared to other women and she may have faults, but I still love her. This sonnet taught me that the famous idiom, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," to be true. Throughout out the sonnet the speaker speaks vainly about his lover. Stating all her faults but in the very end she speaks highly about her. This shows that his love for her has nothing to do with her beauty. He truly loves her and is able to look aside from all those faults.