My Mistress Eyewitnesses

“To my Dear and Loving Husband” written by Anne Bradstreet, is the story of a woman admiring love for her husband. On the other hand, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” written by William Shakespeare, is the story of the love a man feels for an imperfect woman. Although the two poems are about love, they interpret it in different ways through rhythmic structure, and emotional expression. “To my Dear and Loving Husband” has an impeccable rhythmic alignment. It starts with repeating “if ever” three times in the first three lines.

In many cases, love is misrepresented and not shown in its reality. According to The Human Experience, by Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz, and Samuel Cohen, “The rosy conception of love presented in many popular and sentimental stories does not prepare us for the complicated reality we face” (859). Thus in many stories and poems, love is not truly portrayed for what it really is. However, in “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare does the opposite of this. The speaker states, “I have seen roses damasked, red and white / But no such roses see I in her cheeks” (5-6). In most love poems, the speaker would be stating that his lover’s cheeks are as red as roses. Despite this, Shakespeare is basically poking fun at those poems due to the fact that it is not normal for a woman to have bright red cheeks. Another example of this can be shown when the speaker

Both poets use the device of simile as to express their love. William Shakespeare uses simile as regarding the appearance of his mistress who he loves the most. He compares the look of his mistress to give an idea to his readers about the appearance of his mistress. Such as, it is written in the poem "My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun" (line 1). By this line, he means that his mistress' eyes are not at all beautiful like a sun. On the other hand, Roethke uses simile as though the son got hurt by his father but the son still loves him. In his poem, “My Papa’s Waltz”, he writes, “hung on like death” (line 3). This line of simile means that the son is denying to leave his drunken father even if he is having trouble holding his drunk father. The reason is

Similarly, in the excerpt of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet the piece of this story that we are analyzing is Act I, Scene 5, Lines 44-53. In this we witness Romeo expresses his affection to a female Juliet in a poem that better describes beauty. Accordingly,

To see love written in poetry is a common thing. There are copious forms of love as poets throughout the centuries exemplify it to be happy, physical, or even downright delusional. Love can whip its iron cast hand around one’s heart and squeeze the very breath out, or it can invigorate all senses and make one nonsensical. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” uses various formal differences such as metaphors, imagery, and irony in order to portray two ends of the love spectrum: Shakespeare’s being that romantic love is grand and beautiful while Browning offers a more darker glimpse on how obsessive and controlling love can be.

Fondness and alluring ,Shakespeare uses metaphors and figurative language to convey the comparison between what he is actually saying through the vigorous metaphors he uses. Shakespeare starts in the first line by saying that his romantic partner is like a summer day. Then goes on to say .“thou art more lovely and more temperate : Rough winds do shake the darling buds of may (2-3).He goes on to also say that their really is not enough time to ravious in her beauty but also everything bautiful sometime will lose its beauty,by misfortune or by nature’s planned out course. So even though Shakespeare's romantic partner is beautiful now , he knows that she might not be beautiful forever. Implied, Shakespeare faces the concerns about his lover’s

In this sonnet Shakespeare uses hyperbole to emphasize how unattractive his mistress is. Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 also uses satire as a literary device. In “My Mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”, he was slightly making fun of other writers. He pointed out that his lover was not goddess like all of their lovers were described as.

Love in repetition, the expression of emotion, devotion, and gentleness. This could only mean that the speaker is most likely a woman in love. “ I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning shows full emotion through this, not hiding any of her feelings. “I love thee purely.” Purely can be assumed something a woman in love would most likely incur, showing that Elizabeth must be talking about herself to her lover. “For the ends of being and ideal grace.” The ideal grace and being is also another pointer towards women as men aren’t seen to be ones thought of their grace. Her devotion during the poem is constant, never changing. The poem keeping it’s meaning throughout. There is even adoration, not a hint of bitterness or selfish longing. There is gentleness in her words. Love is continuously said, but other words are very carefully chosen. “Purely...Freely.” These passions flare off her love, as well as more feminine tones.

Beginning with the first line, “My Mistress' Eyes are nothing Like the Sun”(1), no one has eyes with a blinding illumination equivalent or accurately comparable to the sun. “I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,/But no such roses see I in her cheeks;” (5-6) continues the sarcastic negative comparisons. If someone’s cheeks were as vividly colored red and white as damask’d roses, they actually would appear to be ill. “And in some perfumes is there more delight/Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.” (7-8) exemplifies the particularly sharp and biting tone that provides an air of sarcasm to this

Love, of course, it a life changing coarse altering step that nearly everyone strives for. With millions of songs, films, and plays all shouting out their desperation for love and mutual affection, it’s no wonder that when this small poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is uttered, many of us know the words by heart or are at least familiar. Love plays such a role in our day-to-day lives that Browning knew it had to be put into words.

In “My Mistress’ Eyes” depicts a man speaking about his mistress in a way that makes her seem dull and ordinary. He uses metaphor comparing his mistress’ eyes and say that they are nothing like the sun, and also in these stanzas “coral is far more red than her lips’ red”, and compares her hair to black wire. Shakespeare’s continues to

Elizabeth Browning spent most of her adult life as an “invalid, ruled over by a tyrannical father who forbade any of his sons and daughters to marry.” She married Robert Browning in 1846 after a courtship that had to be kept secret (The British Library). Thus, the passion in the poem represents the exact kind that motivated Elizabeth Browning to abandon her family tradition to marry Robert Browning. Furthermore, the transformative power of the love described corresponds to the way Elizabeth Browning often credited her husband for saving her life. As the power couple of English poetry, the Brownings are remarkable for their ability to love with words. Among their collection of hundreds of letters and love poem, How Do I Love Thee happens to be the most iconic and descriptive portrayal of the love. More importantly, How Do I Love Thee is one of the most important love poems of English literature because of how its raw feelings resonate with generations of readers. Who wouldn’t remember being in love? Especially when it makes one feel like nothing else matters. With the inclusion of various dimensions and types of love, the poem has something in hand for everybody. From those who have just jumped into the fervency of a passionate love, to those who are enjoying a steady, companionate relationship, anyone could enjoy this

The other parts of his life a miserable, but his true love makes his life happily. In addition, in Shakespeare’s sonnet 130, he goes against the traditional use of similes in sonnets and does not compare his lady to perfect things: “my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (sonnet 130, Shakespeare, ln. 1). Shakespeare wrote about how true love looks in real life. Explains how even though she may have flaws it’s not perfect, their love is the most rare and the most real. He realizes that love is true love because flaws.

The sonnet goes on about talking how real love is more sincere than the representation of woman’s physical appearance as perfection. Beauty fades away in time, and Shakespeare is curious about his mistress’s personality and character that caused him to truly love her. Shakespeare claims that his lover doesn’t represent a perfect beauty: “My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun /If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head”(1,3). His comparisons are undesirable and unemotional, but afterward, he proves that his mistress outstands any goddess with a perfect appearance. “I grant I never saw a goddess go;/ My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.” (11-12). In these two lines, Shakespeare is stating the facts and is being straightforward. He proves to us that her lover is nothing like a goddess, she doesn’t have any extraordinary skills, she just walks like a normal human being. Shakespeare’s relationship with his mistress is deeper than a physical appearance. He portrays the woman in a realistic way. He doesn’t use positive terms to praise her, but he uses simple expressions to show the reality of his love. “If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;”(3) in this line Shakespeare indicates

"How do I Love Thee" is a fourteen lines sonnet written by Elizabeth Barret Browning. In this poem the writer expresses the eternal nature of love and its power to overcome everything, including death. It utilizes a Petrarchan (or Italian) rhyme plot - ABBAABBA CDCDCD. A portion of the rhymes are "inclination rhymes" (otherwise called "off rhymes" or "close rhymes" among different terms) - that is, the words don't rhyme consummately, yet do have a few sounds in like manner. For instance, "ways," "days," and "acclaim" are all impeccable rhymes for each other, while "beauty" is an inclination rhyme for every one of them three. The verb "utilize" is a flawless rhyme for "lose'"and "pick," however in this ballad, "utilize" is a thing that rhymes with "goose" and "Zeus"; it's inclination rhyme for "lose" and "pick." "Breath" and "passing" are impeccable rhymes for each other; "confidence" is an inclination rhyme for those two words.