Sonnet 130: My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun

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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.
-William Shakespeare

I selected the Shakespearean sonnet 130 to base my own creative work off of because it has always been one of my favorite poems written by Shakespeare. Sonnet 130 is very witty, but very sincere. I love this poem because it reminds me that no one and no love is perfect. This
I have seen clouds as white as snow,
But no such thing do I see in his smile;
And on the days when he eats gumbo,
I always have to hold my breath for a little while.
I love it when he sings with me in the car,
Even though his voice reminds me of a high pitched little girl.
And I know that I haven’t met a genius so far,
But my lovers IQ seems like that of a squirrel. And by luck, I think my love is one of a kind, As is the man that I will never get out of my mind.

I wrote this poem as an imitation of Shakespeare’s sonnet 130 by making it consist of 14 lines, by using the Shakespearean rhyme scheme, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, and by creating my own parody of the love sonnet. In the first two lines, “My lovers’ eyes remind me of a dreary day; much like his porcelain stained skin”, I described my lovers’ eyes as a reminder of a dreary day because his eyes are a grayish pale blue that make you think of a dreary day. I also compared his porcelain stained skin to a dreary day because he has fair skin and looks

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