I thought this sonnet was very interesting in that it was a
mockery of the conventions of love poetry. It is not a traditional love poem,
talking about everything they like about the mistress. Instead, it describes
his mistress as an unpleasant sight to look at. I think the couplet is a very
important part to this sonnet because all the quatrains say that her breath
reeks and is not a woman you want to look at. Then the couplet comes in to show
that the speaker is sincerely in love with the mistress. He says his love is
rare, and I believe this shows that his love for her goes deeper than her
looks. Also in the last line it says that she is misrepresented with false
compare. This further explains that the speaker believes his mistress was
compared only to another woman’s looks rather than who she was as a person,
showing his love for her is for who she is and not what she looks like.
mockery of the conventions of love poetry. It is not a traditional love poem,
talking about everything they like about the mistress. Instead, it describes
his mistress as an unpleasant sight to look at. I think the couplet is a very
important part to this sonnet because all the quatrains say that her breath
reeks and is not a woman you want to look at. Then the couplet comes in to show
that the speaker is sincerely in love with the mistress. He says his love is
rare, and I believe this shows that his love for her goes deeper than her
looks. Also in the last line it says that she is misrepresented with false
compare. This further explains that the speaker believes his mistress was
compared only to another woman’s looks rather than who she was as a person,
showing his love for her is for who she is and not what she looks like.
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