My mistress' eyes

Throughout this poem, the speaker creates the opposite of what most poems attempt to tell the audience. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." The speaker is pointing out all the flaws of his love. Yet, he is still tryin to figure out why he is in love with her. There is more to a person than the way they look. In a way, the speaker is showing how much love he has for her. He believes she is above all other items in nature. However, the way he describes them, the reader would get the feeling he does not think highly of her. This poem is kind of a parody to the other love poems. There is a great amount of diction used. The author used words like "black wires", "lips' red", and "pleasing sound." By using these choices of words, the audience can get a sense of what the women looks like.