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"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" (Line 1)

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In the beginning the reader doesn't know how to feel, and in the end the reader feels happy.

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1. "Coral is far more red than her lips' red"
2. "And in some perfumes is there more delight than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."
3. "I love to hear her speak, yet I know that music hath a far more pleasing sound"
4. "I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground"
5. "If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun"

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"black wires grow on her head" (4)
"no such roses I see in her cheeks" (6)
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"And in some perfumes is there more delight/ Than in her breath from that my mistress reeks."
The reader is smelling the difference between the small of perfumes and her breath, comparing a delightful smell to her halitosis.

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"That music hath a far more pleasing sound" (Line 10).

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pale lips - "Coral is far more red than her lips" (line 2)

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dull skin - "why then her breasts are dun" (line 3) "But no such roses see I in her cheeks" (line 6)

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"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare" (Line 15).  After talking about how the mistress doesn't compare to all these beautiful things, the speaker reminds the reader that they still love her in the end.  This makes the reader happy

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Black hair - "Black wires grow on her head" (line 4)

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"roses demask'd, red and whit"(Line 5)
"If hear be wires"(Line 4)

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trudges in her walk - "When she walks, treads on the ground" (line 12)

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Main Idea:
Beauty is often exagerated for the benefit of a relationship or (maybe) just a person

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Despite the mistress not being particularly beautiful, the speaker still loves her and values their love. The poet wants to be realistic when describing the mistress.

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Beauty is exaggerated and you're betraying someone if you aren't honest about their beauty

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The comparisons and imagery allow the reader to get a realistic sense of what the mistress is like and bring the reader closer to the poem because it is realistic. The imagery makes the mistress seem not too great but then at the end the poet talks about the speaker loving her anyway, the comparisons and imagery build up to this main message

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Her beauty cannot compare to what the speaker truly loves. When the speaker says, "I think my love as rare", he is saying it is hard for him to truly love someone or something.

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Because he recognizes all the flaws of his lover, his love for this woman is more valuable than that of poets who exaggerate the beauty of their lovers.

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Many poets, when emphasizing the beauty of their lovers, use imagery to relate their beauty to the reader. The narrator's imagery enhances the meaning because instead of comparing his love to something good or sweet, he is contrasting her with beautiful things to call her ugly.
(Dilyn, Caitlyn, Ezabelle)

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The message of this poem is the author doesn't care if his mistress' appearance is disgusting. All that matters to him is the love he feels for her.

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The numerous comparisons put into perspective how grotesque the appearance of his lover truly is.

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The comparisons enhance the meaning of the poem because it gives a clear message of what the speaker observes from his significant other's appearance and characteristics.

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While emphasizing how beautiful his lover was, the poet uses many comparisons to enhance the message of the poem. These comparisons and the variety of imagery enhance the message
to give the poem a more in depth meaning

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Throughout the poem, the reader sees, smells, feels, and hears how his lover doesn't meet traditional beauty standards; therefore, when he reveals that he loves her anyway, it is a pleasing surprise. He also notes that his love is rare because he is realistic about her flaws.

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"I love to hear her speak" (Line 9).