Re: Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Date Posted: 10:28:56 03/18/03 Tue
Author: Kathryn Williams
Subject: Re: Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!)
In reply to: Mrs. G. 's message, "Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!)" on 14:57:27 01/02/03 Thu

>After reading & paraphrasing Sonnet 130 on your own,
>explain the following:
>
>1. Explain the couplet at the end of this sonnet. How
>does it alter the meaning of the sonnet?
>
>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130?

The sonnet first appears to be about a rather unattractive, ordinary woman. The reader is lead to belive that by the statements Shakespears makes, that he doesn't like her at all. However, this completly changes with the last two rather romantic lines, which say that their love is rare, and even true, because he loves her for who she is and does not falsely compare her with beautiful things she is unlike.
With this unusual set-up, Shakespeare is not only proclaiming his 'true' love for a woman, but is also mocking other poets's explaination of their love, when they compare their woman to such things as a godess or a rose, which they are almost certianly not like.

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Re: Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- denise liu, 13:43:28 03/18/03 Tue