Part one of term paper
In William Shakespeare's sonnet "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun" the speaker uses a twisted version of the blazon technique, which lists and describes every body part of the mistress. The speaker expresses the idea that his mistress is not physically beautiful, and she has flaws, but he loves her anyway. I believe that the speake ...

Part two of term paper
... be bright and clear like the sun. "Coral is far more red than her lips red" (2). The speaker is saying that her lips are pale and that the color of her lips is not as vibrant as coral. "If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun" (3). During this time period the desired skin color was pale, and the speaker says that his mistress' breasts were a brownish-gray. "If hairs be wires, black wires grown on her head" (4). The speaker is saying that her hair is not soft, silky and smooth. The sp ...