https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun en-us 2018-09-28 14:39:06 UTC 2026-01-23 15:43:27 UTC hello@padlet.com ddoherty2 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/286981932 2018-09-28 14:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/286981932 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016484 In the beginning the reader doesn't know how to feel, and in the end the reader feels happy.]]> 2018-09-28 15:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016484 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016547 "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" (Line 1)]]> 2018-09-28 15:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016547 ebarsumyan https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016562 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"]]> 2018-09-28 15:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016562 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016620 2018-09-28 15:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016620 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016721 2018-09-28 15:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016721 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016836 2018-09-28 15:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016836 dhalverson1 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016918 "black wires grow on her head" (4)
"no such roses I see in her cheeks" (6)
"]]> 2018-09-28 15:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287016918 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017011 "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.]]> 2018-09-28 15:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017011 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017259 "That music hath a far more pleasing sound" (Line 10). ]]> 2018-09-28 15:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017259 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017540 pale lips - "Coral is far more red than her lips" (line 2)]]> 2018-09-28 15:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017540 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017626 dull skin - "why then her breasts are dun" (line 3) "But no such roses see I in her cheeks" (line 6)]]> 2018-09-28 15:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017626 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017648 "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]]> 2018-09-28 15:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017648 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017900 Black hair - "Black wires grow on her head" (line 4)]]> 2018-09-28 15:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287017900 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287018038 "roses demask'd, red and whit"(Line 5)
"If hear be wires"(Line 4)]]> 2018-09-28 15:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287018038 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287018755 trudges in her walk - "When she walks, treads on the ground" (line 12)]]> 2018-09-28 15:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287018755 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287018923 Main Idea:  
Beauty is often exagerated for the benefit of a relationship or (maybe) just a person  ]]> 2018-09-28 15:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287018923 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019125 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.]]> 2018-09-28 15:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019125 ddoherty2 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019399 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.]]> 2018-09-28 15:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019399 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019613 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]]> 2018-09-28 15:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019613 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019857 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.]]> 2018-09-28 15:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019857 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019970 Beauty is exaggerated and you're betraying someone if you aren't honest about their beauty]]> 2018-09-28 15:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287019970 dhalverson1 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287020120 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)

]]> 2018-09-28 15:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287020120 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287020723 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. ]]> 2018-09-28 15:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287020723 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287021665 The numerous comparisons put into perspective how grotesque the appearance of his lover truly is.]]> 2018-09-28 15:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287021665 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287021770 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. ]]> 2018-09-28 15:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287021770 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287021923 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]]> 2018-09-28 15:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287021923 ddoherty2 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287022320 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. ]]> 2018-09-28 15:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287022320 https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287022696 "I love to hear her speak" (Line 9). ]]> 2018-09-28 15:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ddoherty2/12ex0ebow20/wish/287022696