Sonnet+130




 * __ SONNET 130 __**

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

 **//GLOSSARY//**

Mistress: woman, lover Breasts: upper part of the human torso Dum: brown, dark Wire: a usually metallic strand used for structural support or to conduct electricity. Delight: great pleasure Breath: The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration. Reeks: smoke, fume Hath: has Grant: promisse Goddess: femenine for God Treads: to walk on Belied: to give a false representation Click [|here] to listen to Tom Hiddleston recite

SOME QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT AND A TASK FOR YOUR WEBPAGE

1. WHAT COMPARISONS AND METAPHORS DOES SHAKESPEARE USE TO DESCRIBE THE WOMAN IN THE POEM? WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL METAPHORS AND COMPARISONS THE READER WOULD EXPECT?

2. DO YOU THINK SHAKESPEARE IS IN LOVE WITH THE WOMAN IN THE POEM? WHY?

3. GATHER INFORMATION, IMAGES, VIDEOS, ETC. ABOUT THIS POEM AND ADD THEM TO YOUR ANSWWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 IN A SPECIAL SECTIN OF YOUR WEBPAGE.