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Poetry - My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

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In addition to the many plays for which he is famous, William Shakespeare also wrote 154 sonnets. Sonnets are an example of lyric poetry, or poetry which deals with emotions (although lyric poetry would originally have been sung). All sonnets have fourteen lines divided into three quatrains and one final couplet. Most of Shakespeare's sonnets share the theme of love. Sonnet 130 is one of the most well-known -- as well as one of the most amusing.

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Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

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 damasked, 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.

William Shakespeare

1 .

Who is the speaker (narrator) of this poem?

Shakespeare

The mistress

The mistress' lover

The reader

2 .

'My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun' - What does this line mean?

The speaker's mistress has bright, shining eyes

The mistress' eyes are not yellow

The speaker's mistress has flaming eyes

There are no similarities between the mistress' eyes and the sun

3 .

'If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun' - What does 'dun' mean?

Pure white

Dull or mousy brown

Dazzling white

Pale cream

Even if you do not know the meaning of the word 'dun', by this point in the poem you can work out that the mistress is the opposite of the extravagant comparisons

4 .

Which of the following is true?

The speaker describes the beauty of his beloved with similes

The speaker believes his mistress is hideous

The speaker pokes fun at the clichéd similes used to describe women's beauty

The speaker believes that clichés are the most accurate way to describe someone

5 .

'I have seen roses damasked, red and white / But no such roses see I in her cheeks' - What do these lines imply?

The speaker implies that his mistress has cheeks much rosier than 'damasked' roses

The speaker implies that he has examined his mistress' cheeks, expecting to see roses

The speaker implies that his mistress' cheeks resemble flowers other than roses

The speaker implies that his mistress' cheeks resemble roses in other ways

The speaker implies throughout that he has been lead to believe that metaphors and similes are to be taken literally

6 .

'If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head' - Which of the following best describes the tone of this line?

Grotesque

Ambivalent

Reflective

Insolent

By the time that we read of his beloved's reeking breath, we get the picture! The metaphors and similes used to describe women's looks are ridiculous

7 .

What is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet?

AABB BBCC CCDD EE

ABCA BCDB CDEC EE

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

8 .

'My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground' - The poet contrasts his beloved's movement with that of...

a rose

an angel

a goddess

a man

9 .

All sonnets have a 'turn', or change. In Sonnet 130, the turn occurs in which lines?

Lines 3-4

Lines 7-8

Lines 11-12

Lines 13-14

The sonnet was originally an Italian poetic form. The Italian term for 'turn' is volta

10 .

What is meant by the final couplet?

The speaker believes his love is at least as wonderful as women who are falsely praised

The speaker admits he has been lying about his beloved

The speaker believes that women lie about their looks

All of the above

Author: Sheri Smith

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