Shakespeare’s hatred for the standards of how a woman should be described alludes to what kind of man he was and the type of woman he adored. James Hale wrote a critical analysis about Sonnet 130 in his analysis he states, “In the love poem tradition, as it emerged in English poetry in imitation of the sonnets of fourteenth century Italian poet Petrarch, poets often compare their beloveds to the elements of nature.” (Hale) He did technically write about how he loved her in a worshipping fashion, but he takes this opportunity to share the harsh truth. He does not feel that it is necessary to describe his mistress using false clichés, but would rather just simply state that she was not a perfect person, and he still loved her anyway. Shakespeare’s
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Honesty would give their love a definitive meaning. He is trying to shock the audience with his borderline insulting outlook at his woman’s beauty because he believes that love has a higher purpose than looks or body. Shakespeare and his mistress were on the same page with one another in that they just did not care what other people thought. They did not desire the approval of everyone around them. They had a very special connection with one another. Shakespeare makes this obvious because despite all the flaws she has, he loves her anyway.
Shakespeare utilizes imagery to demonstrate the clichés of a woman’s beauty in poems and sonnets, and how his lover has none of these qualities. He explains how “coral is far more red then her lips’ red”. Instead of his lover’s lips being red like coral they are more of an ordinary color. He then shows that her breasts are a dull grayish-brown color instead of being snow-white like every other woman in poetry. He stresses that his lover’s hair is made of “black wires”, and that there are no roses in her cheeks. He is deconstructing the image of a goddess, replacing that image with a plain woman. He then goes into further detail about his mistress’
Honesty would give their love a definitive meaning. He is trying to shock the audience with his borderline insulting outlook at his woman’s beauty because he believes that love has a higher purpose than looks or body. Shakespeare and his mistress were on the same page with one another in that they just did not care what other people thought. They did not desire the approval of everyone around them. They had a very special connection with one another. Shakespeare makes this obvious because despite all the flaws she has, he loves her anyway.
Shakespeare utilizes imagery to demonstrate the clichés of a woman’s beauty in poems and sonnets, and how his lover has none of these qualities. He explains how “coral is far more red then her lips’ red”. Instead of his lover’s lips being red like coral they are more of an ordinary color. He then shows that her breasts are a dull grayish-brown color instead of being snow-white like every other woman in poetry. He stresses that his lover’s hair is made of “black wires”, and that there are no roses in her cheeks. He is deconstructing the image of a goddess, replacing that image with a plain woman. He then goes into further detail about his mistress’