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Date Posted: 19:00:32 03/18/03 Tue
Author: Jacquelynne Belardi
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?
>
1.Throughout the sonnet Shakespere says how unperfect and homely this mistress is. But then at the last couplet he changes the whole entire meaning. He says that his love for the maiden is very rare, and he cannot compare his mistress to the other beautys. He basically says that even though she is all those things, he has a rare love for her that he will always have.

>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130?
2.Shakespere mocks the traditional aspects of sonnets by comparing his mistress to things a love struck individual would when professing how beautiful he or she was and saying she wasn't any of those things. He basically says that he loathes this woman for being so unlike the other fair maidens. She is just a pest that needs to be squished in his eyes.

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  • Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Chelsea Shrauner, 20:46:15 03/18/03 Tue
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