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

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Date Posted: 14:38:50 03/19/03 Wed
Author: Scotty Phillips
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? It alters the ending of it by saying all of this bad stuff about this woman, and taking it back by saying that shes great.
>
>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130? It mocks a traditional sonnet because it is saying that he isn't all for this girl's apperance, but then saying it's perfectly fine with him, and a normal sonnet would not do this.

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Re: Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- Paige Anderson, 21:33:26 03/19/03 Wed