Poetry Analysis

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Poetry Analysis

• Shakespearean Sonnet

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Rhyme Scheme

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• 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.
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks
• And in some perfumes is there more delight
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound
• I grant I never saw a goddess go,
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground
  
• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
• As any she, belied with false compare.

Determine the rhyming pattern of the poem.
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Rhyme Scheme

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun a
• Coral is far more red than her lips' red b
• If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun
  a
• If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
  b
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, c
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks d
• And in some perfumes is there more delight c
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
  d
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know e
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound f
• I grant I never saw a goddess go, e
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground
  f
• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare g
• As any she, belied with false compare. g

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Rhythm and Meter

• Scan the lines to determine rhythm and meter.
• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• Coral is far more red than her lips' red

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Rhythm and Meter

• / / /
  / /
• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• / / / /
  /
• Coral is far more red than her lips' red
• Iambic pentameter

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Quatrains
What type of sensory imagery is demonstrated in
the first quatrain (first four lines)?

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• 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.

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Quatrains
What type of sensory imagery is demonstrated in
the first quatrain (first four lines)?

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• 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.
• Sight

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Quatrains
What type of sensory imagery is demonstrated in
the second quatrain?

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• . . .
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks
• And in some perfumes is there more delight
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

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Quatrains
What type of sensory imagery is demonstrated in
the second quatrain?

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• . . .
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks
• And in some perfumes is there more delight
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
• Smell

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Quatrains
What type of sensory imagery is demonstrated in
the third quatrain?

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• . . .
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound
• I grant I never saw a goddess go,
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground

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Quatrains
What type of sensory imagery is demonstrated in
the third quatrain?

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• . . .
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound
• I grant I never saw a goddess go,
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground
• Sound

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Similes

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• 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.
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks
• And in some perfumes is there more delight
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound
• I grant I never saw a goddess go,
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground
  
• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
• As any she, belied with false compare.

What comparisons do lines 1, 2, and 7-8 make?
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Metaphors

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• 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.
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks
• And in some perfumes is there more delight
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound
• I grant I never saw a goddess go,
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground
  
• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
• As any she, belied with false compare.

What comparisons do lines 3, 4, 5-6, 9-10, and
11-12 depict?
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Irony

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
• William Shakespeare
• 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.
• I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
• But no such roses see I in her cheeks
• And in some perfumes is there more delight
• Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
• I love to hear her speak,--yet well I know
• That music hath a far more pleasing sound
• I grant I never saw a goddess go,
• My mistress when she walks, treads on the ground
  
• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
• As any she, belied with false compare.

How does the final couplet serve as an ironic
twist for the conclusion?
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