#Sonnet_130 #_by_William_Shakespeare 《Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130》 ● First Quatrain (Lines 1-4) "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 on her head." In the first quatrain, Shakespeare immediately challenges the conventional metaphors used in love poetry by stating that his mistress’ eyes are "nothing like the sun" and her lips are less red than coral. He co
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#Sonnet_130 #_by_William_Shakespeare 《Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130》 ● First Quatrain (Lines 1-4) "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 on her head." In the first quatrain, Shakespeare immediately challenges the conventional metaphors used in love poetry by stating that his mistress’ eyes are "nothing like the sun" and her lips are less red than coral. He co
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