On the other hand, the opening of sonnet 130 is “my mistresses eyes are nothing like the sun” what he is saying is that his mistress does not have big bright beautiful eyes and this appears to be an insult.
He uses figurative language in sonnet 18, he uses the metaphor “but thy eternal summer shall not fade” Shakespeare describes his lover’s youth as an everlasting summer and her beauty shall not fade.
In sonnet 130 he talks about her voice “I love to hear … far more pleasing sound” what Shakespeare is saying here is that he loves to listen however still being truthful he implies that her voice is slightly irritating and, would rather listen to music also he goes on to say is that music is a far more pleasing sound then the sound of her voice
The structures of the sonnets are both the same there are three quatrains and one rhyming couplet. In the first quatrain of sonnet 130 he is really truthful by saying she does not have these qualities.
Society in Shakespeare times is reflected in both sonnets in sonnet 130 one of the quotes is “if snow is white then her breasts are dun” what he emphasises here is the fact that she is not one of the aristocracy lady and she does not wear make up as people did in those days. They use to put a thick white powder and put bright red lipstick on there lips. This either shows that she cannot be bothered how she looks or she cannot afford it.
Shakespeare also says “coral is far more red then her lips are red” again he suggests that she is not rich and she does not wear make up. On the other hand Shakespeare could just be mocking the aristocracy of that time?
Shakespeare uses a lot of imagery in both of his sonnets I picked out this quote to show the imagery “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” here Shakespeare is calling her a summer’s day. And we get this picture in our mind of a nice warm day full of beautiful things.
In sonnet 130 he uses the imagery of roses in her cheeks “I have seen roses damasked red and white … I see in her cheeks” He illustrates that she has no colour in her cheeks and in those days it was customary to put bright red blusher on their cheeks.
I believe that the most interesting in sonnet 18 is the lat two lines when he says “so as long as men can breathe … life to thee” he prove his true love by saying that as long as people are on this earth she will live on with the poem.
In sonnet 130 again I would have to say the last two lines are the most interesting this is because all the way through the sonnet he appears to be mocking his mistress but when it comes to the end he says she cannot be compared to anything because she is unique.
In conclusion each sonnet has a different tone sonnet 18 has a sincere tone and is really serious. Furthermore, he compares her to objects of beauty. Whereas, sonnet 130 mocks the sonnet form although they do have many similarities such as same structure also they both have the same rhyming scheme.
In my point of view I think sonnet 130 is better because it is more honest and true and he says that she cannot be these thing of beauty because she is unique.
