FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a man who talks about his mistress and mocks conventional love poems
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a man who views his lover in a true light
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” Speaker. The speaker of “Sonnet 130” is an anonymous lover.
Detailed explanation-2: -The speaker never identifies himself. He is an adult man of lower social rank who writes poetry for a rich, young patron. Some scholars believe that the speaker is a stand-in for Shakespeare himself.
Detailed explanation-3: -His mistress isn’t a goddess, she doesn’t fly or soar or float along. She just walks (treads) like a normal person, on the ground. A pretentious poet might say: “My love walks like a goddess, ” but we would know that it isn’t true.
Detailed explanation-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.