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" ... 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... "
Poems Written by Mr. William Shakespeare - Page 175
by William Shakespeare - 1775 - 250 pages
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry

Nikki Moustaki - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 376 pages
...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. — William Shakespeare Shakespeare is arguably the master of the love...
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The Sonnets

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 212 pages
...music hath a far more pleasing sound: 11 I grant I never saw a goddess go; 12 My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare u As any she belied with false compare. The sonnet plays on conventional tropes of idealization in...
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You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery

Richard Stengel - Social Science - 2002 - 326 pages
...know That music hath afar 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 flattery of the troubadours is false compare not because it is untrue...
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The Wisdom of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...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. Sonnet 130 Beshrew me, but I love her heartily; For she is wise, if...
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The English Studies Book: An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture

Rob Pope - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 448 pages
...That music hath a far more pleasing sound; 10 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. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) - successful theatre shareholder, director,...
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A musa desnuda e o poeta tímido: o petrarquismo na arcádia brasileira

Luís André Nepomuceno - Arcadia in literature - 2002 - 320 pages
...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! (Sonnets, 130). Deve-se ressaltar que o conflito entre as forças contrárias,...
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Our Greatest Writers: And Their Major Works

John Carrington - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 344 pages
...know That music hath afar 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. This is good fun. The tactic is a simple one. His mistress does not...
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Poetry, Symbol, and Allegory: Interpreting Metaphorical Language from Plato ...

Simon Brittan - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 242 pages
...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. (Sonnet 130) Convention after convention is rejected, love is demystified...
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The AP English Language and Composition

Pauline Beard, Robert Liftig, James S. Malek - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 370 pages
...Shakespeare does say that he loves her. His intent becomes evident in the final two lines of the sonnet. "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare,/ As any she belied with false compare." He loves her, but he refuses to describe her with artificial comparisons...
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Duffy and Armitage: Working with the Literature Anthology for Aqa A

D. A. Draper, C. E. Sutcliffe, I. Pilgrim, P. Thomas - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 150 pages
...10 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. Why is he saying what his mistress' eyes are not like? What does he...
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