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.
Which central ideas are present in the sonnet? Check all that apply.
A) The speaker thinks the sun is more beautiful than any lady.
B) The speaker wishes his lady carried herself with more grace.
C) The speaker prefers the smell of roses to his lady’s perfume.
D) The speaker adores his lady despite any of her shortcomings.
E) The speaker knows objectively his lady is not particularly pretty.
