blog #2

My Mistress' Eye by William Shakespeare

Many times while reading poetry, one stumbles upon romantic love poems that speak of a goddess like women, who is perfect and lovely in every way. This is not that poem. Shakespeare's My Mistress' Eye, is basically about everything his mistress is not. The narrator states, "Coral is far more red than her lip's red" and "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head,"(Shakespeare, 885). The multiple similes and metaphors seen throughout this poem create the almost compliments the narrator uses to describe his lover. Yet, amongst all the shortcomings the narrator mentions about his lover, his ends with "by heaven, I think my love as rare," claiming even though he just said all these insulting things, he loves his mistress (Shakespeare, 885). In the end, I think the narrator is making the point that love does not blind flaws, but that doesn't mean one doesn't love a person. Love is about seeing someones imperfections and loving them anyways! That is what makes love so special. The fact that someone can see another person weaknesses and shortcomings, yet love them anyway is what makes love is so genuine and remarkable.