Relationships Sonnet 130 focuses on the relationship between a man and his mistress; Pied Beauty focuses on the relationship between man and nature. ... Similar to other poets of Shakespeare's time, Sonnet 130, he used a combination of metaphors and similes to portray the eternal beauty of his mistress. ... Sonnet 130 became a satire on Petrarch's poetry and his extreme exaggerations. ... The relationship of man and his mistress in Sonnet 130 is equivalent to the relationship of man and nature in Pied Beauty in the sense of disguised beauty. ... In conclusion, Sonnet 130 and Pied B...

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Sonnet 130-Analysis and Summary The poem begins in describing a woman, his mistress to be exact. ... Shakespeare also uses a central theme in the sonnet, which is that of Un-dying love. He writes, at the end of the sonnet, that hislove is rare.? This love is apparently being displayed throughout the sonnet by his descriptions of ungodly normality. The last term that stands out in the sonnet is the Metaphor. ...

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The first sonnet that I chose was Sonnet number 130. ... In Sonnet 130, the speaker describes the woman that he loves in extremely unflattering terms but claims that he truly loves her, which lends credibility to his claim because even though he does not find her attractive, he still declares his love for her. ... However, in the last two lines of the poem, which are indented for the purpose of standing out, recognizing the change in attitude, and showing the point of the poem, the speaker proclaims that his love is as said in lines 13 and 14 of "Sonnet 130" -as rare/As any she belied with fal...

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The majority of the 152 Sonnets Shakespeare wrote focus on love. ... Sonnet 97 is a poem about being separated from his lover and Sonnet 130 is a poem for the "Dark Lady" which is descriptive but is not nearly as flattering or focused on outer beauty as Sonnet 18. Sonnet 18 is a poem that glorifies the subject and his or her beauty. ... Sonnet 130 was written for Shakespeare's "Dark Lady". ... That is the difference between these two sonnets. ...

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In this way, what Don Paterson could be saying is that the sonnet is a product of a poet's meaning behind their individual observation of what a sonnet means to them. ... More recently than Petrarchan, Shakespearean sonnets have taken a different approach on sonnet writing that blur the intentions of the sonnet itself and make us question the idea of love as a whole, something that Fineman calls a "mock encomium." ... In his poem "Sonnet 130" he demonstrates a clear manipulation of the idea of love, mocking the unrealistic comparisons made such as "My mistress' eyes are nothing like...

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"Sonnet 141" Shakespeare wrote "Sonnet 141" based on the theme of love. The underlying message of the sonnet conveys that love is not based on external appearances, but feelings and emotions that one feels when thinking of the significant other. ... The last couplet describes love as a plague, or a fever like Sonnet 147, referring to the Black Plague of the 16th century. ... This is synonymous to the messages of "Sonnet 130, My Mistress' Eyes." I chose this sonnet because its message is not usually believed by our society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School