Okay, personally, I love Shakespeare. I think he has a great relationship with words :]
The central purpose of this poem centers around the speaker telling his lover what he thinks of her and Shakespeare is satirizing other poets' works. Most love poems compare "her hair to the golden sun" and "her skin as white as snow," but this poem says...yeah...you're not really all of that because you're a real person. There isn't a mortal woman alive who is absolutely perfect physically or mentally. I like that the speaker is able to tell his lover that he likes her just the way she is and he likes her imperfections. I don't think I would want to hear that I am perfect...it's sweet and all, but perfect is a lot to live up to.
Shakespeare is kind of playing his own satirical game in this poem because instead of the normal cliches that poets use to speak about their loves, his speaker seems to be dissing on his woman. First read through I thought he was just putting her down the whole time, but the upon reading it again, it's easy to see that he is simply being realistic. He loves her just the way she is from the inside out. Like we said in class today...it's a wonderful reverse backhanded compliment...or a forehanded compliment--depends on how you look at it. :]
The central purpose of this poem centers around the speaker telling his lover what he thinks of her and Shakespeare is satirizing other poets' works. Most love poems compare "her hair to the golden sun" and "her skin as white as snow," but this poem says...yeah...you're not really all of that because you're a real person. There isn't a mortal woman alive who is absolutely perfect physically or mentally. I like that the speaker is able to tell his lover that he likes her just the way she is and he likes her imperfections. I don't think I would want to hear that I am perfect...it's sweet and all, but perfect is a lot to live up to.
Shakespeare is kind of playing his own satirical game in this poem because instead of the normal cliches that poets use to speak about their loves, his speaker seems to be dissing on his woman. First read through I thought he was just putting her down the whole time, but the upon reading it again, it's easy to see that he is simply being realistic. He loves her just the way she is from the inside out. Like we said in class today...it's a wonderful reverse backhanded compliment...or a forehanded compliment--depends on how you look at it. :]
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