when the individual reads his work, the poems can affect him or her in a different way than Shakespeare intended. His poetry can also affect people differently when understanding the themes of poems. In his poem “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun,” Shakespeare compares his mistress’ physical features to society’s ideal of beauty in the 1600’s to prove that all women should express their individuality. In the poem “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare’s viewpoint towards his lady is very…
poem entitled “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun”, which, as revealed in the last line, is a parody. This poem encapsulates the epitome of beauty for a woman by exhibiting ideal feminine qualities through similes and metaphors that compare a woman’s characteristics to beautiful features of nature. However, Shakespeare phrases his play to say that the speaker’s mistress does not possess such goddess-like qualities, but is as beautiful as any ordinary woman. In “My Mistress’ Eyes are…
“5 Essential Rules for Being a Great Mistress” by “Amelie Jolene, 2014” is an article about the five things a woman should remember if they are thinking about getting involved with someone who already has someone of their own 1. Make them wonder and wander Meaning they have to be easy to get and at the same time hard to get, they must be the attained but unattainable all at once. It’s all about letting someone who is already taken, go after them but being something that cannot have, but they…
“The “Carpe Diem” of Time, Love, and Life?” Time is in control of all people's life, because time and death are synonymous with each other. In the two pieces, Andrew Marvell’s poem, “To His Coy Mistress” and the Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem (sonnet), “I Shall Forget You Presently My Dear”, have similar themes of “carpe diem” and how love needs to be nurture in the here and now. Love can fall into this trap of being lifeless and unsatisfying, which can cause problems in the relationship…
Research Paper Mood Love, life and death, the key fundamentals of humanity. All affiliated to religion, yet detached by it. In “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”, William Shakespeare is comparing his lover’s eyes to the natural beauty in a mocking way, yet always making nature’s elegance fascinating. Throughout this sonnet, William Shakespeare subdues his lover’s charm by portraying her as crowded with imperfections showing frankness and simplicity. Furthermore, In “Twas…
Week Two, DB2 Prompt 1 1. Shakespeare's sonnet "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" begins with what might be called a reverse simile (an anti-simile?). Throughout the poem, the speaker alludes to common figurative language for describing a woman's beauty in the love poetry of his day: e.g., eyes like the sun, lips like coral, breasts as white as snow, rosy cheeks, perfumed breath, musical voice. What is Shakespeare doing with these familiar examples of figurative language in this poem?…
the words that we still use today. This helped Shakespeare when expressing his love since he would often express his love through his writings. One can see examples of this in “Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” and “Sonnet 130: My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun.” As one can tell from the titles, these are drastically different poems. Just by analyzing the titles, one can assess that Sonnet 18 seems positive while Sonnet 130 seems negative. This is because the first 126…
sonnet “My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun,” Shakespeare conveys an ironically humorous tone. Throughout the text he contrasts his lover’s attributes against cliched poetic comparisons. By doing so, he misleads the reader into thinking that he is disparaging his lover, when in fact he is criticizing the impossible standards of beauty to which most women are held. This humorous irony is demonstrated by the subject of his false comparisons, his word choice when describing his mistress, and…
As I read "My mistress ' eyes are nothing like the sun” (Sonnet 130), I cannot help but notice Shakespeare 's use of figurative language. His writing style intrigues me as it effectively conceals the reasoning behind the poem. At first, I find it surprising that he speaks negatively about his "mistress" when he compares her to beauty. He describes her as imperfect when he says, "And in some perfumes is there more delight than in the breath that from my mistress reek" (Shakespeare, 1609)…
In Hazel Carby’s critical essay, Slave and Mistress: Ideologies of Womanhood under Slavery, she begins by establishing her intent to specifically explore the antebellum period of the south, its effects on the public perception of the black woman in America, and especially public perception/ideologies of the black woman that stem from the mythical, the “cultural creation,” of the black woman, created by white population (Carby 20). She further establishes that this will involve investigating how…