Sonnet Reflection #130

This sonnet was pretty much a parody of the Italian sonnets that have been used by many other poets. Rather than claiming one person is like the sun or like something beautiful, the speaker states that the mistress is nothing like these commonly used, romantic terms. The speaker claims that his mistress is not at all like the attractive women of their time and he says that she treads rather than walks like a goddess. However, his final message, I think, was that his love for his mistress goes much deeper than just appearance. He states "And yet by heaven I think my love as rare" which shows that he does love her and that she doesn't have to be super beautiful and amazing to be loved by the speaker. However, I don't think that this message would be reached by a woman of today. I think that most women would find this sonnet very rude and would look past the actual message that is trying to be read through.