Name :

● Dinda Sylvina Agustina Putri (22101050031)

● Ariella Pratama Nur Ramadhan (22101050039)
● Ika Utami Dhewi (22101050054)
● Nirmala Chindy Putryastuti (22101050055)

POETRY TASK
1. The rhythm and meter :

The rhyme of the sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g

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 damasked, 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.

The division of the lines in the sonnet :

● Shakespearean sonnet is divided into three quatrains and one couplet.
● On the first quatrain, the poetic persona opens ‘Sonnet 130’ with a scathing
remark about his beloved’s eyes. They are “nothing like the sun”. As per
Elizabethan tradition, such a comparison would have been almost expected.
However, the poetic speaker continues to deride his beloved’s appearance by
slashing any attempt to match her to things found in nature. If snow is white, her
skin is not. Her breasts are rather “dun”, which is another word for gray-brown.
Her hair is described as black wires.
● On the second quatrain, the speaker’s beloved does not have a pleasant flush to
her cheeks. He goes so far as to condemn the smell of her and the sound of her
voice. The idea behind the Elizabethan tradition of love poetry was to elevate
one’s love to a near unachievable plane, to make a mortal woman read in such a
manner that she became elevated to near goddess status. The poetic speaker,
rather than elevating her, brings her further down to earth.
● On the third quatrain, as he continues to write, he admits that he loves to listen to
her voice when she speaks. Yet he knows that the sound of music is more
soothing than her voice. Still, he adores her voice as it is. He has never seen a
goddess go, but his mistress walks on the ground. That line, in particular, seems
almost openly satirizing the tradition itself, as it is well known that many
Elizabethan poets would compare their lovers to things that mortals could not
achieve, leaving the realm of humans to enter the pantheon of the gods.
● On the one couplet, despite her shortcomings, the poet insists that he loves her,
not because she is a goddess, not because she is an unattainable beauty, but
because she is his and because she is real. He loves her for what the reality is and
not because he can compare her to beautiful things.

2. Difficult/new words to us :
● mistress’ = nyonya
● breasts = payudara
● dun = tidak berwarna
● damasked = rusak
● reeks = berbau
● hath = telah
● belied = disangkal
3. End-stopped lines
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; (end-stopped lines)
Coral is far more red than her lips' red; (end-stopped lines)
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; (end-stopped lines)
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. (end-stopped lines)
I have seen roses damasked, red and white, (end-stopped lines)
But no such roses see I in her cheeks; (end stopped lines)
And in some perfumes is there more delight (run-on lines)
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. (end-stopped lines)
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know (run-on lines)
That music hath a far more pleasing sound; (end-stopped lines)
I grant I never saw a goddess go; (end-stopped lines)
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. (end-stopped lines)
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare (run-on lines)
As any she belied with false compare. (end-stopped lines)

4.
● Metaphor :
"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"
"But no such roses see I in her cheeks"
"Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks"
● Simile :
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"
● Irony :
The poem is often considered a parody of traditional Petrarchan sonnets that idealize the
beauty of the speaker's beloved. Here, the speaker deliberately contrasts his mistress's
features with conventional ideals of beauty, creating a sense of irony.
● Hyperbole :
The exaggerated descriptions of the mistress's features, such as "eyes are nothing like the
sun," contribute to a sense of hyperbole.
● Alliteration :
"Breath that from my mistress reeks"
"Roses damasked, red and white"

5. Theme :
The theme of this sonnet is loving person in their imperfection and flaws, Shakespeare compares
his mistress in to other beautiful object, even she does not like those things, she still beautiful
and valuable with showing love and beauty as inherently imperfect.
Tone :
The tone of the poem is satire and ironic. Shakespeare illustrating the ideal beauty standards in
his sonnet, contrasts his mistress's physical features that really different with his mistress, it may
causes confusion like he try to insult her, but actually he only shows that she is different.

6. In this poetry, the writer tells about his lovers in a different way. When usually romantic
poetry tells about someone positively, this poetry tells about a woman realistically. Although his
lover eyes are not as pretty as sun, her lips are not red, her skin is dark, her hair is like a wire, his
breath is not as fragrant as perfume and her voice is not as beautiful as music, he still love her.
Thats why he said that his love is rare. So, the meaning is, we have to love our lover as it already
is although our lover is not as beautiful as sun, roses and perfume.

7. William Shakespeare is one of the most famous poet in this world. He was born in 1564 and
died in 1616 at the age of 52. His works are still learned until now. His most popular works are
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet . He is also known for his creativity of creating new rule in poetry
like Shakesperean sonnet and creating new words that are still applied until now. He made total
154 sonnets in his life.