that really isn't the question. not in "My Mistress' Eyes", anyway. sure, on the surface it seems that the speaker is just talking smack about how his girl can't compare to all of these other beautiful things. he says that her eyes don't shine like the sun and that her skin was a gray-ish hue at best. that all sounds pretty harsh, right? right, but that's not what he actually means. by using all of these cliché comparisons, he satirizes those who use them. he feels that all of those silly poets who shower their girls with this absurd compliments are ridiculous, and it shows in the satirical tone that the poem takes on. the sonnet form of the poem allows the reader to break up the first part into the satire and then the last four actually expressing what he really feels. what he REALLY feels is this: she's beautiful. sure, maybe she's not a goddess, but who has seen a goddess anyway? no one. he finds no value in lying to her about how beautiful he thinks she is. his love isn't any weaker than those super mushy poets just because he's realistic.
I'm with this guy.
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