![]() Simile – Simile is used to describe one thing in comparison to other. Like, “If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun Metaphor – Poet used ‘metaphor’ to put some ‘rhetorical effect’ on the comparison or while referring one thing by mentioning another to make meaning clearer. Sonnet 130 – “My Mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” by Shakespeare is written in ‘Shakespearean sonnet’ which is in the form of ‘three quatrains’ (4 lines in each or total 12 lines) and the last one is ‘a couplet’(2 lines).Īnd, the rhyme scheme is ‘abab cdcd efef gg’.ĬLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT SHAKESPEREAN SONNET IN LENGTH. And put stress on the idea “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder” by describing the whole poem in this very concept. THEME OF THE POEMīasically, through this work Shakespeare satirized poetswho use exaggerate words (or hyperbole) to describe the beauty of their beloved. And the praise I am doing for my beloved might seem false for others but her personality doesn’t need any ‘ belied’ (false comparison). But it will be wrong if I compare my beloved’s beauty with anything, as she is ‘extraordinary’. I acknowledge that I have never seen a goddess walking in real, but I know my mistress uses her only feet to ‘tread’ (a step in walking) on the ground.īut by swear of heaven, I believe that my beloved whom I love the most, is rare and the most beautiful one in the world, for me (or for me, she is unique among all the other women present in the world). There are some perfumes which give more pleasure than the breath which comes out, ‘reeks’(emits), of my mistress’s mouth.Īgain, poet says I love to listen whatever my mistress speaks, yet I know it well that the sound which comes after playing the music is far more pleasant. Poet continues, I have seen roses, ‘damasked’ (having a mixed colour consisting of red and white), mixed and naturally decorated by two beautiful colours, red and white but I have seen no such roses in my mistress’s cheeks or my mistress possess no such charm. The hair on my beloved’s head is wire like in appearance, not even the golden one but dark black. Snow is white, but the breasts of my beloved are ‘dun’ or dark (or black) to look at. The ‘coral’ (, a substance which is found in the sea and which has a deep red colour) looks redder than the redness of her lips. Poet says, the eyes of my beloved is not like sun, they not bright like sunlight. The idea and emotion which William Shakespeare tried to put in this work is “beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”. In this very sonnet, Shakespeare has seen satirizing the poets (of Elizabethan period and Petrarchan), who used to write about his beloved in ‘clichés style’ and praise them by comparing with nature. Sonnet 130 – “My Mistress’ eyes nothing like the sun”of Shakespeare is one of the best but different from other sonnets.Īccording to his way of writing sonnets, in the first 12 lines (three quatrains), it seems like poet is ‘criticizing’ his mistress (beloved)regarding her beauty but at the end of the poem, in the last two lines or couplet, one can find the actual settlementof poet. The second series (127-154) consists of sonnets to or about a certain ‘dark mistress’ whom the poet in some sense loves, or has loved, but whom he also dislikes himself for loving. The first series (1-26) is addressed to a youth, or to a very young man, of great beauty, and Shakespeare’s sonnets consist of two clearly distinguishable series of sonnets. ![]() He was the “national poet” of England and called as the “Bard of Avon”. William Shakespeare (1564-1606)was known as the greatest dramatist, actor and poet of English Literary Renaissance. Sonnet 130 – “My Mistress’ eyes nothing like the sun”, is written by William Shakespeare, in the form of sonnet, a 14 lines poem, published in the collection of 154 sonnets in the year 1609. My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:Īnd yet, by heaven, I think my love as rareĪs any she belied with false compare. ![]() That music hath a far more pleasing sound I love to hear her speak, yet well I know Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I have seen rose damask’d, red and white,Īnd in some perfumes I there more delight If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. If now be white, why then her breasts are dun My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun 1.6 LITERARY TERMS USED IN THIS POEM SONNET 130 – “MY MISTRESS’ EYES ARE NOTHING LIKE THE SUN”
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