William Shakespeare Sonnet 130
After I read this poem I find many thing interesting about this poem, in this passage I am going to write about my findings and understanding of this poem.
In the “Sonnet 130” written by Shakespeare in the first line I found the “nothing like the sun” create a rhythm of 5 syllables. The sun is a symbol of bright eye. In the second line coral represent the fair red color. “Red” has repeated twice in this line. In the line three there is a strong stop between the front part and the following part, there is a contrast between white snow and dun breast. In the fourth line it follow the same structure as line three and it compare wires with her hair it is a metaphor. In the line 5 the speaker described the color of …show more content…
As I read through the first few lines I think the lines are describing the outlook of the woman, and it seems like it is criticizing the appearance, the woman is not good-looking. In the first 12 lines the speaker use imagery to describe the appearance of his mistress, the first line said “my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun” I know this woman doesn’t have bright eyes, from the hairs of the woman like black wires so it is not pretty from my point of view, because normal people will want to have blonde hair, her cheeks are not pink like rose, so her skin is not fair. Through the description of this woman I realize this is a black woman. The use of the imagery in the poem makes the image of the woman vivid, we can figure out what does this woman looks like by just read the lines. Within the use of imagery the speaker also apply symbolism into it. In the first line the speaker use sun to represent eyes, when we think about sun we think it is bright, warm, sparkling. So when the speaker said her eyes are “not like the sun” we know her eyes are black and dark. Speaker also use coral to represent the beautiful color of lips, snow to represent nice skin, wire to represent the curly hair. When the speaker talks about his mistress, in line 12 the line break into 3 parts by the comma, it said “My mistress” “when she walks” “treads on the ground” the three parts make
After I read this poem I find many thing interesting about this poem, in this passage I am going to write about my findings and understanding of this poem.
In the “Sonnet 130” written by Shakespeare in the first line I found the “nothing like the sun” create a rhythm of 5 syllables. The sun is a symbol of bright eye. In the second line coral represent the fair red color. “Red” has repeated twice in this line. In the line three there is a strong stop between the front part and the following part, there is a contrast between white snow and dun breast. In the fourth line it follow the same structure as line three and it compare wires with her hair it is a metaphor. In the line 5 the speaker described the color of …show more content…
As I read through the first few lines I think the lines are describing the outlook of the woman, and it seems like it is criticizing the appearance, the woman is not good-looking. In the first 12 lines the speaker use imagery to describe the appearance of his mistress, the first line said “my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun” I know this woman doesn’t have bright eyes, from the hairs of the woman like black wires so it is not pretty from my point of view, because normal people will want to have blonde hair, her cheeks are not pink like rose, so her skin is not fair. Through the description of this woman I realize this is a black woman. The use of the imagery in the poem makes the image of the woman vivid, we can figure out what does this woman looks like by just read the lines. Within the use of imagery the speaker also apply symbolism into it. In the first line the speaker use sun to represent eyes, when we think about sun we think it is bright, warm, sparkling. So when the speaker said her eyes are “not like the sun” we know her eyes are black and dark. Speaker also use coral to represent the beautiful color of lips, snow to represent nice skin, wire to represent the curly hair. When the speaker talks about his mistress, in line 12 the line break into 3 parts by the comma, it said “My mistress” “when she walks” “treads on the ground” the three parts make