Shakespeare's sonnet 130 is a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of rhyme scheme. Its meter is iambic pentameter, and its tone is satirical.
If you mean Shakespeare's sonnet 130 (My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun) - Shakespeare does not insult his mistress anywhere in this sonnet. The plain sense of the sonnet is that Shakespeare is saying: 'Other poets write about girlfriends with skin whiter than snow, lips redder than coral, and voices sweeter than music: but my girlfriend is better than that.' If your teacher thinks that Sonnet 130 insults the woman it is written about - then your teacher should not be teaching poetry (any more than an Intelligent Design advocate should be teaching Biology). End of.
After 1564 (when Shakespeare was born) and before 1609, when it was published.
No
As with many of Shakespeare's sonnets, the turn comes just before the final couplet.
Shakespeare's sonnet 130 is a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of rhyme scheme. Its meter is iambic pentameter, and its tone is satirical.
The actual quote is "And yet by heaven I think my love as rare..." The quote was written by none other than William Shakespeare. It was from the sonnet, Sonnet 130. This whole sonnet is based around Shakespeare's light-hearted mocking of the conventional sonnet.
If you mean Shakespeare's sonnet 130 (My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun) - Shakespeare does not insult his mistress anywhere in this sonnet. The plain sense of the sonnet is that Shakespeare is saying: 'Other poets write about girlfriends with skin whiter than snow, lips redder than coral, and voices sweeter than music: but my girlfriend is better than that.' If your teacher thinks that Sonnet 130 insults the woman it is written about - then your teacher should not be teaching poetry (any more than an Intelligent Design advocate should be teaching Biology). End of.
After 1564 (when Shakespeare was born) and before 1609, when it was published.
No
As with many of Shakespeare's sonnets, the turn comes just before the final couplet.
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare follows an ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme. Each quatrain has a unique rhyme scheme, and the couplet at the end rhymes with itself.
realistic and satirical, as the speaker rejects typical idealized descriptions of beauty in favor of a more honest and down-to-earth portrayal of his lover. It balances criticism with a sense of humor and wit, highlighting the speaker's unique perspective on love and beauty.
Shakespeare. It's the first line of his Sonnet 130.
The meter used in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 is iambic pentameter. This means that each line consists of five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, for a total of ten syllables per line.
Sonnet 18- Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day? These four are also some of Shakespeare's most popular sonnets Sonnet 029 - When in disgrace with fortune Sonnet 116 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Sonnet 126 - O thou my lovely boy Sonnet 130 - My Mistress' eyes
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), "Sonnet 130" ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"), and Petrarch's "Sonnet 90" ("She used to let her golden hair fly free").