Is there assonance in Shakespeare's sonnet 130?

Answer 1

There is always assonance is rhyming, so yes... in the rhyming words and maybe some outside of that... white, why, wires is one example that I saw, for instance. It might contribute to the verbal enjoyment of the poem. Here is the text of Sonnet 130:

http://www.Shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/130.html

Answer 2

Yes there is some allusion in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.

- there is religious allusion in line 13 where he says 'Heaven'.

- there is allusion in line 5 where he says ' roses damask'd '

Hope that helps!

Answer 3

The whole thing is an anti-metaphor. Or rather, it opposes the cliché'd metaphors of the second-rate love poetry of the day, which would go like "My mistress's eyes are the sun, her lips coral, her breasts snow, her hair thinner than thinnest wire, her cheeks damask roses, her breath perfume, her voice music. She is a goddess." That's eight metaphors, all implicit in the poem. Shakespeare goes on to say that none of these corny comparisons are literally true (of course they're not! They're metaphors), but the girl is still more wonderful than any other girl who was made the subject of these threadbare comparisons.

Sonnet 130 must have been radically unconventional when it was written, but nowadays, when people rarely use metaphors and many do not understand them, It has rather lost its punch.

Answer 4

yes there is a simile
Eg the 1st line is a simile! :D