Sonnet 130

This sonnet is sort of humorous. It takes a break from all the seriousness that Shakespeare usually writes and intends on mocking other poets that glorify women. The speaker talks about a woman and is actually quite rude. He says, her hair is like wire, her cheeks are not rosy, her breath reeks, and music is more pleasing than her voice. He is just trying to be different than the other poets and be realistic rather than praising a woman for something she’s not. He never says he doesn’t love her; he just isn’t glorifying her like normal. The comparisons in this sonnet are harsh but really creative and funny.