Theme Of Sonnet 130

Shakespeare’s sonnet 130, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” and Pablo Neruda’s “My ugly love” are popularly known to describe beauty in a way hardly anyone would write: through the truth. It’s a common fact that modern lovers and poets speak or write of their beloved with what they and the audience would like to hear, with kind and breathtaking words and verses. Yet, Shakespeare and Neruda, honest men as they both were, chose to write about what love truly is, it matters most what’s on the inside rather than the outside. The theme of true beauty and love are found through Shakespeare and Neruda’s uses of imagery, structure, and tone.

A distinguished sense of hollowness, and darkness is discernable in George Elliot Clarke’s poem “Blank Sonnet”. This poem expresses, the author’s difficult and awkward communication with a lover through a broken relationship. word choice and imagery is imperative to the overall effect and tone of the poem. The usage of an atypical sonnet stylization, broken sentences, forms of metaphors, symbolism, sensory language, and alliteration form strong imagery, and a sense of disconnect. The overall effect leaves the reader with a resonating feeling of emptiness.

Many men compare try to make their mistress feel special like they are no other by comparing them to false comparisons. The speaker was not afraid to be blunt about his mistress instead of how other men use false comparison and fill their mistress head up. William Shakespeare gives the speaker a blunt tone in Sonnet 130 to convey that he was not bragging on his wife saying she is all this and that. He said things that others compare their mistress to. That is what make his love for his mistress unconditional and very special.

Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” uses imagery to compare his lover to other objects in order to convey his true feelings towards his mistress. With this idea, one can make the assumption that Shakespeare’s argument is accepting the normality of women by understanding that they don’t all look like supermodels or goddesses. His views about his mistress can relate to how present day men look at their significant other. Shakespeare’s view towards women shifts between his sonnets. Comparing to “Sonnet 18”, it seems as if Shakespeare has gained a more respect towards his counterpart and with this change in view, it is interesting to see this change and how even though with his time period, that some men looked at women with respect and acceptance.

The amount of beauty that a woman possesses is different, which makes each woman unique in her own way. Although, a woman should not be judged by what she looks like on the outside, society today makes it seem that if a woman does not have perfect hair or a perfect body, they are not beautiful. In William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130, he gives details of the speaker’s descriptive comparison of nature’s beauties to his mistress’ beauty. Shakespeare uses a judgmental tone with misrepresentative word choice to suggest that even though his mistress doesn’t live up to society’s standards for women, her beauty is unique in his eyes.

Poetry has always had a common theme where lovers are portrayed as goddess-like, based on their beauty and love. However, in William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130,” written as an English sonnet, the speaker has a different vision, as he realizes that his lover’s beauty cannot be compared to that of a goddess, nor can it be found in nature for she is just a typical human being. His love for her is eventually shown, but without the use of the cliché image of beauty. Shakespeare’s use of metaphors, contrast, language and structure demonstrates that love is complicated and that real beauty is unrealistic and impossible to live up to.

Everyone's perception of beauty differs, but all women are beautiful in their own way. We as a society have set a standard for women that is not only unattainable but also leaves women who take these standards seriously, feeling inadequate or invalid. This has been an issue in society for many centuries and even a topic famous writers like William Shakespeare have acknowledged. In his Sonnet 130, Shakespeare gives examples of the preposterous comparisons women have been subjected to and how the love he has for his mistress can overshadow these imperfections. Shakespeare uses a judgemental tone and contrasting word choice to suggest that even though this woman is by all means flawed, he still has feelings for her.

Reputation: Juvenal’s satires could be interpreted as a critique on paganism in Rome, ensuring his works survival. Although forgotten after his death his work was later read and quoted by the Christian propagandist Tertullian around 200 CE and a commentary on the satires was compiled somewhere around 350-420 CE and has been studied since.

A certain individual may establish beauty merely by what is viewed upon the naked eye, yet someone else can measure beauty by using more fundamental qualities, such as good morals and ideas, which lie beneath one’s surface. This is a topic of discussion that leaves many to ask the question, what is the true meaning of beauty? There are two prominent sonnets, which relate to the principles of true beauty; Petrarch’s “Gli Occhi Oi Ch’ Io Paralai” and “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare. These sonnets do nothing less, but use imagery to define the bountiful amount of beauty and how much love they possess for an individual. “Gli Occhi Oi Ch’ Io Paralai,” represents the true beauty love has by its use of excessive descriptions and tone. “Sonnet 130” proves that beauty is not measured by idealistic, regal measures, but rather proposes beauty is average and nothing out of the ordinary. For each sonnet effectively describes its interpretations on the joys of beauty and love.

One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, “Romeo and Juliet” centres on the fated relationship between the principal protagonists. They fall in love with each other, even though they belong to two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Just being an adolescent is difficult enough let alone being in love in such awkward circumstances. It is a struggle which is complicated but it is made more so by the force of destiny. Destiny dictates the feud to bring tragedy to both the couple and therefore their families who are punished by the couple’s loss.

In William Shakespeare’s poem “Sonnet 130,” he describes his lover in a non-idealistic way by describing her features which are the complete opposite of a typical lady in a Petrarchan sonnet. A sonnet is a 14 line poem with 10 syllable lines and a rhyming scheme that uses iambic pentameter. Petrarchan sonnets idolize women by creating a dream lady, thus resulting in unrealistic features. The typical Petrarchan lady has blonde hair, a high forehead, pale skin, and a long neck, and the physical traits are seen as a reflection of inner beauty. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” uses figurative language and a creative structure to mock the Petrarchan ideal by portraying true love for what’s in the inside instead of lust or infatuation.

The first quatrain of Shakespeare “Sonnet 130” reinforces his idea of real “beauty”. The images of an imperfect body and exceptional hair gives the sonnet a contradictory tone. If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun (line, 3). Shakespeare reveals the imperfection of women through this line. For men breasts characterizes

The title of the poem “My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun” suggests that the speaker is not in love with his ‘mistress’. However, this is not the case. Shakespeare uses figurative language by using criticizing hyperboles to mock the traditional love sonnet. Thus, showing not only that the ideal woman is not always a ‘goddess’, but mocking the way others write about love. Shakespeare proves that love can be written about and accomplished without the artificial and exuberant. The speaker’s tone is ironic, sarcastic, and comical turning the traditional conceit around using satire. The traditional iambic pentameter rhyming scheme of the sonnet makes the diction fall into place as relaxed, truthful, and with elegance in the easy flowing verse. In turn, making this sonnet one of parody and real love.

William Shakespeare is recognized for being one of greatest poets of all time. His works are still popular to this day. Many of his works included extended metaphors and similes with rhetorical language and were rooted in the nature of love. Two of his poems that are rather alike, but also very contrastive are “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and “My mistresses’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” They both contain a core theme of love or anti-love in some aspects. While these two poems are built around the same type of subject, their interpretations come across in separate ways. In contrast to Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” which is a serious love poem that contains imagery and metaphors, Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” is more negative and humorous but contains imagery and similes.

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (Line 1). “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (Line 1). These are both two of the famous lines from William Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 and 130. William Shakespeare was an intelligent English playwright, poet, and dramatist during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He is known as one of the greatest playwrights of all time. Sonnet 18 and 130 are two of Shakespeare’s most famous poems. Sonnet 18 is a love poem about how he compares the woman’s love to a summer’s day. Sonnet 130 has a different approach. It is still a comparison, but it seems to be a more spiteful one. These sonnets are both share similar subjects, imagery, theme, and rhyme scheme; however they are more so different in forms and purpose.