![]() ![]() ![]() The poetic forum uses standard Shakespearean iambic pentameter, following the AB-AB/CD-CD/EF-E/GG Rhyme Scheme. In the final couplet, the speaker claims his love for his mistress by claiming that while he makes no strive to create false comparison, he loves his mistress as much as any man could love a woman. The first five couplets compare the speaker’s mistress to aspects of nature, such as snow or coral each comparison ending unflatteringly for the mistress. This sonnet compares the Poet’s mistress to a number of natural beauties each time making a point of his mistress’ obvious inadequacy in such comparisons she cannot hope to stand up to the beauties of the natural world.
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