Sonnet 130
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Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
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Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ love sonnet ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1590s ⓘ |
| asserts | love does not depend on exaggerated comparisons ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingAssertion | the mistress is as rare as any woman falsely compared in verse ⓘ |
| closingForm | rhyming couplet ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | 1609 quarto of Shakespeare's Sonnets ⓘ |
| contrastWith | Petrarchan sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| famousFor |
ironic reversal of conventional love-sonnet imagery
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realistic portrayal of the beloved's appearance ⓘ |
| firstLine | My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ⓘ |
| focus | subversion of idealized love poetry ⓘ |
| form | 14-line sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance lyric poetry ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later realistic love poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 14 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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irony ⓘ metaphor ⓘ parody ⓘ satire of Petrarchan conceits ⓘ simile ⓘ understatement ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| numberInShakespeareSonnets | 130 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shakespeare's Fair Youth and Dark Lady sonnets collection
NERFINISHED
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Shakespeare's sonnet sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayal | unidealized description of the mistress's physical features ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature curricula worldwide ⓘ |
| subject | the speaker's mistress ⓘ |
| theme |
appearance versus reality
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critique of conventional Petrarchan beauty ideals ⓘ nature of true love ⓘ realistic depiction of a mistress ⓘ |
| tone |
affectionate
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mocking of poetic clichés ⓘ wry ⓘ |
| voltaPosition | line 13 ⓘ |
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