Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun is one of William Shakespeare's most famous sonnets. It is a poem that defies the traditional conventions of love poetry and presents a realistic and honest portrayal of love. In this article, we will analyze and explain the poem in ...
William Shakespeare Poems Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sunby William Shakespeare My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head...
And yet, by heaven, I think that my love is as unique as any woman who is the subject of a romantic poem. See other Shakespeare sonnets in modern English >> Download ebook of all 152 Shakespeare sonnets in modern English >> Interested in Shakespeare’s sonnet 130? If so you can get ...
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare is a remarkable piece of literature that defies traditional notions of beauty. In this sonnet, Shakespeare employs a unique approach to describe his lover, emphasizing her imperfections rather than her perfections. The poem begins by comparing the poet's lover's ey...
To translate a poem, then, regardless of the language, culture, or historical moment, has often meant to create a poem in the receiving situation, to cultivate poetic effects that may seek to maintain an equivalence to the source text but that fall short of and exceed it because the transla...
The poem number 621 《Summer for thee,grant i may be》 by Emily Dickinson Summer for thee,grant I may be When summer days are flown! Thy music still,when Whippoorwill And Oriole--done! For thee to bloom,I'll skip the tomb And row my blossoms over! Pray gather me -Anemone- Thy flow...
The poem also gives a nod to a Shakespeare sonnet, number 130, which has the opening lines: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips red; A Delightfully Accessible and Thought-Provoking Poem
Next comes that poem of ten thousand weddings, sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments"). Two sonnets explicitly referring to a woman, 130 ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun") and 138 ("When my love swears that she is made of truth, /...
Shakespeare's sonnet 130 with critical notes. Despite her unattractiveness, the poet's mistress is unsurpassed by any woman.
The most important part of the poem comes at the end, where a real distinction is drawn between the listener and a perfect, warm sunny day. The summer is temporary; it isn’t going to last. But, luckily for the listener, their beauty is. Sonnet 29: ‘When in disgrace with fortune ...