Sonnet 130

1. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (Sonnet 130) Adriana Mercado Gennesys Pineda Ana Landeros

2. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” 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. I have seen roses damasked , red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. 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.

3. Paraphrasing the Sonnet My lover’s eyes cannot be compared to the sun Even coral has more color than her lips; Compared to snow, her breasts are insipid; Her hair is as stuff as wire. I have seen roses marked by red and white But her cheeks are plain; And other aromas have a more pleasing smell Than my lover’s bad breath. I love to hear her voice but I know, M usic is more enjoyable than the sound of her voice;

4. Paraphrasing the Sonnet (Cont.) I have never seen a celestial being walk But I know my lover tramples And even when my lover is exceptional Her appearance may be misrepresented

5. SO AP StoneR Speaker: A man in love Occasion: Making fun of the exaggerated metaphors used by other poets

6. SO AP StoneR Audience: Other poets who write about love Purpose: To show how even though a person has faults, that does not change the feelings towards that person

7. SOAP Stone R Style: Sonnet 14 lines Rhyming scheme abab cdcd efef gg 1 couplet Tone: Satiric/Contemptuous

8. SOAP Stone R Rhetorical Devices: Satire Metaphor “if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head” (line 4)

9. Summary of the Literary Work In William Shakespeare’s Sonnet, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,” Shakespeare ridicules the metaphors and forms of expression that other poets use to refer to the woman they love by conveying that in reality their lover has defects that makes her human, but yet love surpasses those faults.