I enjoyed reading this poem because I completely agree with the message Shakespeare was trying to get across to his readers/listeners. In this sonnet, he describes someone who is apparently not very beautiful on the outside. For example, he says her hair is like black wires, her cheeks are not rosy, and her breath is not very pleasant. However, perhaps to the reader’s surprise, in the last few lines, he proclaims he loves her anyways no matter what her outward appearance looks like. I think Shakespeare is trying to say that beauty and true love go down much deeper than a person’s skin. The media today puts too much emphasis on the outward appearance. Many teenage girls are getting the message that they are worth nothing unless they look a certain way and fit a certain size. This sonnet has only fourteen lines, of course, but it contains a powerful message.
i enjoyed the message that this poem was trying to get across to the reader. That is that beauty lies on the inside. The speaker describes the woman that he loves in extremely unflattering terms but claims that he truly loves her, which gives credibility to whta he is claiming, because even though he does not find her attractive, he still declares his lvoe for her, which to him is obviously the most important thing. i definitely enjoyed this poem and the message that shakespeare is trying to get across.
Another Sarah poem which describes how perfect someone can be with out being perfect. I love Shakespeare's works, havn't read them all but of the ones I have, I treasure. Honestly, peotry is the only literary genre I can truly grasp. I don't know if it is due to my artisic background or perhaps it began with my love of Shakespeare, but the passion for it is definitly there.
I absolutely love this poem. For one, I actually understood it from the beginning without other people having to explain the meaning of it to me (that's one of a very few that I can do that with so I'm very happy about that). The other reason is the amazing message it gets across to readers. True love should not be based on looks alone. There's no love like the true love of a person's soul. You can think anybody's attractive and good looking and sadly this is what some people go off of to find relationships, but a true connection is not always found in this handsome people. Some people's true love is in someone who is the sweetest, nicest person who would do anything for them but aren't very attractive, and there is nothing wrong with that. This person ends up being the most beautiful person to their lover, and I love that.
This poem has a really important message. Love is not about how somebody looks, it's about who they are. If you're planning to spend the rest of you're life with someone and you only like them for their looks, you have to realize that their looks will diminish as they get older. Relationships based on looks don't usually last that long anyway. You need somebody you can talk to, somebody who understands you. Humans need that special connection in which they don't have to worry about anything except being themselves. I also like that Shakespeare could point out her flaws. I believe true love comes with many flaws, but it's those flaws that you love. If everyone was perfect, everyone would be the same, and the world would be extremely boring.
I appreciate how this isn't a love poem that gushes about the beauty of his love. I love that he describes her imperfections, and loves her more because of them. I only hope that my love will see my imperfections and cherish them in such a way. I liked how easy this was to understand without much analysis. it was to the point and told the reader of the poets feelings without having to interpret them the wrong way.
Upon reading this sonnett I come to infinitely understand the central message; Beauty is only skin deep, what really matters is the beauty of the heart. William Shakespeare talks of a woman in very deminishing ways as if he is almost unsatisfied with his mistress. To present this unsatisified dark image he talks about her black wirey hair, pale cheeks, and reeking breath. This makes the reader think that all Shakespeare cares about is beauty on the outside such as physical characteristics which is very unappealing. Beauty is really on the inside. Having someone in your life who does not bother about the way you look, but how your heart feels is truely amazing. Shakespeare comes back with the last couple of lines confessing his love, for the women in his life who posses inner beauty.
I really enjoyed this poem because it was so honest. The speaker really had to love the person he was talking about because he described some very unflattering things about her. I like the fact that the speaker was not afraid to express that he loved someone that the rest of society would, most likely, not even associate themselves with. Shakespeare did a great job of using imagery because I felt like I could see every detail that he mentioned and smell every scent that he described.
This poem is a very interesting take on love. William Shakespeare proposes a new edition of the love based sonnet. Throughout almost the entire poem the speaker describes his lover as being nowhere near perfect. He says that her hair is like wires, her cheeks are pale, and her breath stinks, as well as pointing out other flaws with his lover. But the main point of this poem is in the end of it. More or less Shakespeare paints a truer picture of love in the end. The speaker says that even though his mistress has all of this things wrong with her his love for her is truer than loving someone solely because they are attractive. This poem is truly revolutionary for it’s time when beauty was the only thing described in love poems as if they were synonymous with each other. Shakespeare offers a different view that is closer to the reality of love.
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 has always been one of my favorite poems. I read it in high school and was immediately drawn in by his words. I think Shakespeare makes an important point with this poem, one that many could learn from. We place so much emphasis on a person’s looks these days that it’s easy to forget this is not what’s really important. If you get to know a person, truly get to know them, and like the person they are, they immediately become more attractive. Therefore, looks are really just an optical illusion. Love is not a skin-deep emotion and it takes more than a pretty face to achieve it. Sure it may be what draws you in to begin with, but when all is said and done, looks are not of much importance. To truly love someone is to learn how to look at them without using your eyes and seeing something much deeper than a nice face.
I think in this sonnet Shakespeare is looking at love on the inside not the out. He is saying that his love is not the best thing to look at but deep down, she is the most beautiful thing ever and that is why he loves her. I mean he says her hair is like wire, her breathe sticks, and her skin is white. But in the end he says “ And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare.” She is not like ever other girl out there who just has great looks; her personality is really what attracts him to her. I believe this is exactly what true love is, you fall in love with a persons personality rather then your looks if you have the right head. This poem is a pretty good one and I am glad I got to read it. Once again, I love poems about love.
i really liked reading this poem. I actually chose to write a paper on this sonnet. I think that this poem was trying to tell everyone that beauty is one the inside. Shakespeare told a lot of bad things about his wife in this sonnet. He said things that i took to mean that she wasnt pretty, her breath stunk and her lips were not red. But in the end he said that he loved her. I really liked this because it was a very short poem but you could read between the lines and figure out a lot more about his wife than shakespeare actually wrote.
how does one comit to love of another. if one is to allow oneself to be loved it is important ot love back. but how can one truely love something as imperfect as everyone ive ever met. how does someone see good in myself when there is so much imperfection. shakespear expresses that it is only through the imperfections that we can truely understand the depth of our love. to love an imperfection is a celebration of the entire person as an individual and not as the sum of there very imperfect parts.
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I enjoyed reading this poem because I completely agree with the message Shakespeare was trying to get across to his readers/listeners. In this sonnet, he describes someone who is apparently not very beautiful on the outside. For example, he says her hair is like black wires, her cheeks are not rosy, and her breath is not very pleasant. However, perhaps to the reader’s surprise, in the last few lines, he proclaims he loves her anyways no matter what her outward appearance looks like. I think Shakespeare is trying to say that beauty and true love go down much deeper than a person’s skin. The media today puts too much emphasis on the outward appearance. Many teenage girls are getting the message that they are worth nothing unless they look a certain way and fit a certain size. This sonnet has only fourteen lines, of course, but it contains a powerful message.
i enjoyed the message that this poem was trying to get across to the reader. That is that beauty lies on the inside. The speaker describes the woman that he loves in extremely unflattering terms but claims that he truly loves her, which gives credibility to whta he is claiming, because even though he does not find her attractive, he still declares his lvoe for her, which to him is obviously the most important thing. i definitely enjoyed this poem and the message that shakespeare is trying to get across.
Another Sarah poem which describes how perfect someone can be with out being perfect. I love Shakespeare's works, havn't read them all but of the ones I have, I treasure. Honestly, peotry is the only literary genre I can truly grasp. I don't know if it is due to my artisic background or perhaps it began with my love of Shakespeare, but the passion for it is definitly there.
I absolutely love this poem. For one, I actually understood it from the beginning without other people having to explain the meaning of it to me (that's one of a very few that I can do that with so I'm very happy about that). The other reason is the amazing message it gets across to readers. True love should not be based on looks alone. There's no love like the true love of a person's soul. You can think anybody's attractive and good looking and sadly this is what some people go off of to find relationships, but a true connection is not always found in this handsome people. Some people's true love is in someone who is the sweetest, nicest person who would do anything for them but aren't very attractive, and there is nothing wrong with that. This person ends up being the most beautiful person to their lover, and I love that.
This poem has a really important message. Love is not about how somebody looks, it's about who they are. If you're planning to spend the rest of you're life with someone and you only like them for their looks, you have to realize that their looks will diminish as they get older. Relationships based on looks don't usually last that long anyway. You need somebody you can talk to, somebody who understands you. Humans need that special connection in which they don't have to worry about anything except being themselves. I also like that Shakespeare could point out her flaws. I believe true love comes with many flaws, but it's those flaws that you love. If everyone was perfect, everyone would be the same, and the world would be extremely boring.
I appreciate how this isn't a love poem that gushes about the beauty of his love. I love that he describes her imperfections, and loves her more because of them. I only hope that my love will see my imperfections and cherish them in such a way. I liked how easy this was to understand without much analysis. it was to the point and told the reader of the poets feelings without having to interpret them the wrong way.
Upon reading this sonnett I come to infinitely understand the central message; Beauty is only skin deep, what really matters is the beauty of the heart. William Shakespeare talks of a woman in very deminishing ways as if he is almost unsatisfied with his mistress. To present this unsatisified dark image he talks about her black wirey hair, pale cheeks, and reeking breath. This makes the reader think that all Shakespeare cares about is beauty on the outside such as physical characteristics which is very unappealing. Beauty is really on the inside. Having someone in your life who does not bother about the way you look, but how your heart feels is truely amazing. Shakespeare comes back with the last couple of lines confessing his love, for the women in his life who posses inner beauty.
I really enjoyed this poem because it was so honest. The speaker really had to love the person he was talking about because he described some very unflattering things about her. I like the fact that the speaker was not afraid to express that he loved someone that the rest of society would, most likely, not even associate themselves with. Shakespeare did a great job of using imagery because I felt like I could see every detail that he mentioned and smell every scent that he described.
This poem is a very interesting take on love. William Shakespeare proposes a new edition of the love based sonnet. Throughout almost the entire poem the speaker describes his lover as being nowhere near perfect. He says that her hair is like wires, her cheeks are pale, and her breath stinks, as well as pointing out other flaws with his lover. But the main point of this poem is in the end of it. More or less Shakespeare paints a truer picture of love in the end. The speaker says that even though his mistress has all of this things wrong with her his love for her is truer than loving someone solely because they are attractive. This poem is truly revolutionary for it’s time when beauty was the only thing described in love poems as if they were synonymous with each other. Shakespeare offers a different view that is closer to the reality of love.
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 has always been one of my favorite poems. I read it in high school and was immediately drawn in by his words. I think Shakespeare makes an important point with this poem, one that many could learn from. We place so much emphasis on a person’s looks these days that it’s easy to forget this is not what’s really important. If you get to know a person, truly get to know them, and like the person they are, they immediately become more attractive. Therefore, looks are really just an optical illusion. Love is not a skin-deep emotion and it takes more than a pretty face to achieve it. Sure it may be what draws you in to begin with, but when all is said and done, looks are not of much importance. To truly love someone is to learn how to look at them without using your eyes and seeing something much deeper than a nice face.
I think in this sonnet Shakespeare is looking at love on the inside not the out. He is saying that his love is not the best thing to look at but deep down, she is the most beautiful thing ever and that is why he loves her. I mean he says her hair is like wire, her breathe sticks, and her skin is white. But in the end he says “ And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare.” She is not like ever other girl out there who just has great looks; her personality is really what attracts him to her. I believe this is exactly what true love is, you fall in love with a persons personality rather then your looks if you have the right head. This poem is a pretty good one and I am glad I got to read it. Once again, I love poems about love.
i really liked reading this poem. I actually chose to write a paper on this sonnet. I think that this poem was trying to tell everyone that beauty is one the inside. Shakespeare told a lot of bad things about his wife in this sonnet. He said things that i took to mean that she wasnt pretty, her breath stunk and her lips were not red. But in the end he said that he loved her. I really liked this because it was a very short poem but you could read between the lines and figure out a lot more about his wife than shakespeare actually wrote.
how does one comit to love of another. if one is to allow oneself to be loved it is important ot love back. but how can one truely love something as imperfect as everyone ive ever met. how does someone see good in myself when there is so much imperfection. shakespear expresses that it is only through the imperfections that we can truely understand the depth of our love.
to love an imperfection is a celebration of the entire person as an individual and not as the sum of there very imperfect parts.
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