Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”

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 damask'd, 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.

What evidence supports the serious nature of the sonnet? Select two options.

“My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun”
“If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.”
“I have seen roses damask'd, red and white”
“I love to hear her speak”
“And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare”

Explanation: While Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130" does not follow the conventional Petrachan ideals, the narrator is expressing that his lover does not need to be a paragon of beauty in order to be loved. The chosen evidence supports the idea that he still loves her despite his playful and brutal honesty.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-09-24T15:16:53+02:00

The evidence that supports the serious nature of the sonnet are:

“I love to hear her speak”
“And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare”

According to Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”, he talks about his mistress and how he adores her. Furthermore, he discusses how beautiful she is and how the "coral is far more red" than her lips are.

From these descriptions, Shakespeare is a man that is clearly in love, and then he shows the serious nature of this Sonnet by mentioning that he loves to hear her speak, and that his love is rare.

Therefore, the correct answers are options D and E