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03.02.2020 • 
English

"my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (sonnet 130)"

william shakespeare, 1564 - 1616

my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

i have seen roses damasked, red and white,
but no such roses see i in her cheeks;
and in some perfumes is there more delight
than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

i love to hear her speak, yet well i know
that music hath a far more pleasing sound;
i grant i never saw a goddess go;
my mistress when she walks treads on the ground.

and yet, by heaven, i think my love as rare
as any she belied with false compare.

which statement best describes how the structure of the poem affects the meaning?
a) the poem is a sonnet that contains an octave and a sestet that reveals a twist at the end.
b) the poem is a sonnet that contains three quatrains and a couplet that reveals a twist at the end.
c) the poem is a limerick that contains equal numbers of lines per stanza to develop a humorous idea.
d) the poem is a haiku, with the correct number of syllables in each line to reveal a happy ending to the poem.

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