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Date Posted: 22:21:49 03/22/03 Sat
Author: Seema Patel
Subject: Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Mrs. G. (for Mrs. Moya) :-) 's message, "SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 20:21:32 03/11/03 Tue

>After reading & paraphrasing Sonnet 130 on your own,
>explain the following:
>
>1. Explain the couplet at the end of this sonnet. How
>does it alter the meaning of the sonnet?
>
>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130?

Throughout the poem the reader is led to believe that the poet views the woman he writes about as this revolting and horrific creature.He does this by commenting on her wiry black hair and saying that her eyes are nothing like the sun, therefore stating that they hold no warmth in them. But after describing a woman whose appearances are anything but beautiful, the poet completely changes the meaning of the sonnet by saying that he loves her in spite of it all in the couplet at the end of the sonnet. In Sonnet 130, Shakespeare mocks the traditional sonnets of his time by writing something that is completely unexpected and the opposite of what others wrote about. Instead of writing about the traditional, perfectly beautiful woman that everyone else wrote sonnets on, he decided to write about a totally undesirable woman, but showed that beauty is in the inside and has nothing to do with rosy cheeks or glossy hair, and what is inside is what should be loved.

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  • Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Allison Smith, 10:30:23 03/23/03 Sun
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