...on her head. I have seen roses damask' d, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; 6 And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in...ground : And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare 13 As any she belied with false compare. CX XXI Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, As those whose...

...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;...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. CXLVI Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, Pressed by these rebel powers that thee array, Why...

...up to death. More flowers I noted, yet I none could see But sweet or colour it had stol'n from thee. And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. In intensity the loves are not to be compared; in fact, passion is not to be found in the first. Among...

...he was himself of all their ingenious graces, stung Shakespeare likewise to these honest words: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. Still, in aptness of word, happiness of phrase, in beauty of sentiment, and occasional nobility of...

...mourners seem At such who, not born fair, no beauty lack, Slandering creation with a false esteem: 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. 128 How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy...

...her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask 'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks,...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. As you'll learn in this section, Shakespeare has love sonnets for all tastes. I'll help you pick the...

...then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damaskt, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks;...love as rare As any she belied with false compare." (Though the delivery might be somewhat short on academic interpretation, it is word perfect and entertaining...

...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;...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. At first the poet appears to mock his lady. But actually he mocks the Petrarchan fictions in circulation,...

...that you can fashion "good" poems out of the most commonplace subjects. Wooing 101: Love Poems Sonnet CXXX My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral...love as rare, As any she belied with false compare. — William Shakespeare Shakespeare is arguably the master of the love poem in the English language....

...thus also complicating and redefining his own voice as speaker. Sonnet 130 is a famous example: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is...love as rare As any she belied with false compare. This "anti-Petrarchan" sonnet invokes conventions in praise of the idealized lady in order to complicate...