The image of a woman with worms crawling through her untouched skin is morbid and completely out of context if it were meant as a sincere love letter. ... There seems to be a sense of truth to his words when he says, "while the youthful hue sits on they skin like morning dew, and while thy willing soul transpires at every pore with instant fires" (436). ... Yet, when he discusses her soul he only mentions it in relation to her skin. He devalues her by implying her soul is only skin deep when saying "while thy willing soul transpires" as if her soul could seep out through her pores (436). ....

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