Free College Essays - Shakespeares Sonnet 130 :: Sonnet essays

Sonnet 130 Shakespeare was obviously a very deep, passionate and learned man he was very open with how he felt and was able-bodied to express it in a way that was very exact and easy to comprehend. In his sonnets, which, to me, are like a little diary, he talks a lot about his life involving his mistress as well as a male friend that he may or may non have been involved with. In Sonnet 130 Shakespeare is talking of his mistress, her faults and his feelings about her an her faults. the duration of the piece is spent pointing out the faults of this woman and how he thinks that any new(prenominal) man would be simply repulsed by this woman. I feel that the format of this Sonnet in terms of content and Shakespeares feelings served two purposes. He first valued to convey the image that even though his mistress was not as fair as one would hope for, they seemed to share some kind of affinity or bond that no another(prenominal) could share with him, not even hi s wife. It did not matter to him that she was not as pretty but only that she is on the same wavelength that he is. Secondly, I feel that he is explaining the fact that he does not necessarily want a mistress that is a knockout, and that all of the qualities that other men see in women are not his own and in fact repulses him. He says in line 13 that he loves the woman and that is out of date or extraordinary which I think simply means that he cannot believe that he actually does like another woman that is not fine to every extent but she offers something more than just good looks.