Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, commonly known by its first line "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," contains powerful imagery to develop the comparisons concerning the mistress. For example, the following lines utilize strong, comparative imagery:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head
The poem also contains examples of alliteration, or repetition of the beginning sounds of words:
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
Finally, Sonnet 130 contains examples of irony, or the subversion of expectations. The poem satirizes the hyperbolic praise common in love poems of Shakespeare's era, and subverts the expectations of the reader that the beautiful images introduced will be compared favorably to his mistress. This is apparent in the following lines:
I have seen roses damasked, red and white, / But no such roses see I in her cheeks
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