Shakespeare's Sonnets, a collection of over one hundred poems, are widely considered to be some of the most insightful and powerful poems of all time. His one hundred and thirtieth Sonnet - "My mistress" eyes are nothing like the sun" is no exception. Shakespeare, who was one of the first developers ... this technique, we develop quickly a picture of a woman whose physical appearance leaves much to be desired. It seems in the octet as if Shakespeare is undermining love - that it is only something frivolous, until in the Heroic couplet when he offers a completely different view on love, one i...

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