My Mistress' eyes

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 upon 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.

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ohh
Written by cornilius chibaya on 2009-11-22 14:10:47 IP:

Written by Nicole Brown on 2008-11-16 13:41:05 IP:

totaly alsome! i cryed and cryed. :cry

Written by lainak on 2008-11-01 20:04:58 IP:

it's not that necessarily he is describing an unattractive woman, but he is saying that his woman may not be this, or that, but in his mind she is everything!

Sweet
Written by kaitlin on 2008-04-10 12:27:24 IP:

my misstress,eyes
Written by v mugunthan on 2008-02-09 08:43:21 IP:

it makes me to realize how the poet uses his creativity to compare the lady with nature

Written by jake on 2008-01-23 00:03:27 IP:

The whole point of this poem points to the extent that a true love doesn't have slim waist, rosey cheeks, and look like a super model. Love between two people outweighs normal senses. Kudos to Shakespeare for pointing that out..

I lurve this poem
Written by gemini on 2007-05-21 06:45:42 IP:

Shakespeare will never become outdated ... its sad though th@ love isn't viewed like this anymore ... that it isn't genuine despite knowing that your loved one is not perfect, in the sense that they their description adheres to poetic metaphors, but that your love for them is genuine. :zzz

wow
Written by keonna on 2007-03-27 14:39:37 IP:

that was the best love poem ever
Keonnajavascript:ac_smilie('

Written by Kevin on 2006-12-27 02:24:20 IP:

D@mn! How unattractive was she?

I proud..
Written by Guest on 2006-09-16 06:23:32 IP:

Because this is a very good poems which is by:william shakespeare and ofcourse it is not ordinary poems.

heart throbbing...
Written by Guest on 2006-03-19 01:23:31 IP:

i felt like i read his heart and that love was so deep that i could feel it..
how i wish someone could express his love as shakespeare can.
wonderful goosebumps

Written by Guest on 2006-03-07 07:50:58 IP:

i love this.. kristine

Written by Guest on 2006-04-24 00:42:07 IP:

um doesnt anyone knoe that hes actually describing a women he loves that is not very attractive at all?

Truth
Written by Guest on 2005-08-08 19:54:23 IP:

I love this poem because it's not typical of love poetry. It's truth with fancy words.

that was sweet
Written by Guest on 2005-04-08 02:10:42 IP:

that was so sweet i wonder who he wrote that about.

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