The story behind this change remains a mystery. Her identity is unknown and, as with the boy, it is a matter of academic debate as to whether she is fictional or a woman he loved in real life. The Fair Youth is no longer the subject and the woman is now central. GradeSaver, 19 October 2005 Web.This continues the sequence of sonnets dedicated by Shakespeare to his “"Dark Lady”. "Shakespeare’s Sonnets Sonnet 130 - “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” Summary and Analysis".
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Next Section Sonnet 146 - "Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth" Summary and Analysis Previous Section Sonnet 129 - "The expense of spirit in a waste of shame" Summary and Analysis Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Blake Jason Boulerice. This may lead one to wonder, is it really pure honesty that the poet is showing in sonnet 130, or is there also some ulterior sentiment, perhaps that the dark lady is not deserving of the narrator's fine words? Or perhaps she is deserving but such words are not necessary, as though the narrator feels comfortable enough with the dark lady that he is able to show such honesty (which his insecurity regarding the fair lord prevents him from doing)? There are many ways to interpret how the poet's psychological state may have influenced stylistic choices in his writing, but these sonnets do not provide definitive proof.
We even find them elsewhere in the sonnets, and in great abundance, too note that while his "mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," his fair lord's indeed are, as in sonnet 49: "And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye." However, while the narrator's honesty in sonnet 130 may seem commendable, we must not forget that Shakespeare himself was a master of the compliment and frequently made use of the very same sorts of exaggerated comparisons satirized here. It is indeed this blunt but charming sincerity that has made sonnet 130 one of the most famous in the sequence. She is also not as beautiful as things found in nature, another typical source of inspiration for the average sonneteer: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun / Coral is far more red than her lips' red." Yet the narrator loves her nonetheless, and in the closing couplet says that in fact she is just as extraordinary ("rare") as any woman described with such exaggerated or false comparisons. In stark contrast Shakespeare makes no attempt at deification of the dark lady in fact he shuns it outright, as we see in lines 11-12: "I grant I never saw a goddess go / My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground." Here the poet explicitly states that his mistress is not a goddess. Petrarch, for example, addressed many of his most famous sonnets to an idealized woman named Laura, whose beauty he often likened to that of a goddess. The sonnet is generally considered a humorous parody of the typical love sonnet. Its message is simple: the dark lady's beauty cannot be compared to the beauty of a goddess or to that found in nature, for she is but a mortal human being. It is also one of the few of Shakespeare's sonnets with a distinctly humorous tone. Sonnet 130 is a pleasure to read for its simplicity and frankness of expression. "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare."Īnd yet, I swear before heaven, I think she is just as extraordinary as any woman that may be described with false comparisons. I admit I have never seen a goddess walk, but my mistress, when she walks, steps (humanly) on the ground: "I grant I never saw a goddess go / My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:" I love to hear her speak, even though I know well that music has a far more pleasing sound "I love to hear her speak, yet well I know / That music hath a far more pleasing sound " "And in some perfumes is there more delight / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."Īnd some perfumes smell more delightful than the malodorous breath of my mistress.
I have seen roses of pink, red, and white, but her cheeks are none of these colors
"I have seen roses damask'd, red and white / But no such roses see I in her cheeks " If snow is white, then her breasts are a dull brown (in comparison) if hairs are wires, then black wires grow on her head. "If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun / If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head." My mistress's eyes look nothing like the sun coral is far more red than her lips are. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun / Coral is far more red than her lips' red "
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