"And yet..."
I found this poem humorous and I think that was it's intent? It seemed to be a satire of the typical love poems. The poem begins with a simile "my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" basically saying that his mistress' eyes are dull not bright like the sun. The fact that this poem was written by Shakespeare is funny to me since he wrote Romeo and Juliet which is a complete love story. The speaker's tone for most of the poem seems to be critical. He is pretty much bashing his girl saying that she has nice traits but not as good as they could be. The speaker "loves to hear her speak, yet well I know that music hath a far more pleasing sound" saying that his mistress doesn't quite measure up to his standards. The tone then shifts with the phrase "And yet". The speaker states that "my love as rare as any she belied with false compare". I'm not sure exactly what this means. I think he is saying that although he sees all these flaws in his mistress, his love for her is still genuine. But then again, I feel like this entire poem is making fun of poems that declare their love for their significant other with similes and metaphors to things of beauty.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Getting Out
"Taking hands, we walked apart, until our arms stretched between us. We held on tight, and let go."
Begging with the simile "that year we hardly slept, waking like inmates", the poem immediately establishes the relationship of the couple. I think the inmates is referring to inmates of a mental hospital because of it describes them as those "who beat the walls" and the poem gives off a feeling of confinement. I think the author's tone at first is bitter. She is describing how annoyed the two were at each other with "we gave up" and "you tried to pack up and go". I think the speaker is blaming both of them for messing up the marriage. The last line of the second stanza states, "Finally locked into blame, we paced that short hall, heaving words like furniture." They both knew that their marriage wasn't working out and the simile "heaving words like furniture" gives off a sense that the couple was starting to develop a strong dislike for each other. The tone then shifts to a more distressed tone. The line "I'm startled by mean who look like you" means to me that the speaker is sad about the breakup and still gets anxious when she sees men who look like her ex-husband. The last line of the poem which is written above kind of summarizes the whole poem to me. It seems that the couple was naive and not emotionally mature enough for a serious relationship. When they were with each other, they were unhappy and annoyed at their confinement. However, once they gave up on their relationship, they couldn't seem to let go.
Begging with the simile "that year we hardly slept, waking like inmates", the poem immediately establishes the relationship of the couple. I think the inmates is referring to inmates of a mental hospital because of it describes them as those "who beat the walls" and the poem gives off a feeling of confinement. I think the author's tone at first is bitter. She is describing how annoyed the two were at each other with "we gave up" and "you tried to pack up and go". I think the speaker is blaming both of them for messing up the marriage. The last line of the second stanza states, "Finally locked into blame, we paced that short hall, heaving words like furniture." They both knew that their marriage wasn't working out and the simile "heaving words like furniture" gives off a sense that the couple was starting to develop a strong dislike for each other. The tone then shifts to a more distressed tone. The line "I'm startled by mean who look like you" means to me that the speaker is sad about the breakup and still gets anxious when she sees men who look like her ex-husband. The last line of the poem which is written above kind of summarizes the whole poem to me. It seems that the couple was naive and not emotionally mature enough for a serious relationship. When they were with each other, they were unhappy and annoyed at their confinement. However, once they gave up on their relationship, they couldn't seem to let go.
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