sonnet 130

Sonnet 130 The theme of the sonnet is beauty in that Shakespeare is comparing the eternal beauty of the subject to the beauty of nature. Shakespeare paints a picture using a combination of metaphors and a simile. He starts the poem with a simile comparing his mistress’ eyes to the sun. He then switches over to using metaphors to compare the rest of his mistress’ characteristics such as her breast to snow and hair to wires. …

…this couplet, Shakespeare doesn’t sum up what he was saying in the beginning but introduces a final thought. Shakespeare wanted to convey the image that even though his mistress was not as fair as one would hope for, they seemed to share some kind of kindship that no other could share with him. Shakespeare shows in this poem that the speaker shows that he has learned to love with his heart not his eyes.