tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post836364891664134008..comments2013-02-22T11:07:15.359-08:00Comments on Beka Castillo's AP Lit Comp Blog: Sonnet 130, a brutally honest love story.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-34368404070601089532012-11-09T06:49:33.657-08:002012-11-09T06:49:33.657-08:00I was actually just talking to Sarah G. about this...I was actually just talking to Sarah G. about this!<br />Its Shakespeare not only proclaiming his love like poets are apt to do, but also calling out the authors of other love poems for putting their woman up on par with goddesses and nature itself. Its him saying he loves this woman, but he loves her because she's a real person and he wouldn't have it any other way.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-2028575837205585492012-11-08T19:14:00.945-08:002012-11-08T19:14:00.945-08:00But take another look. The comparisons in the fir...But take another look. The comparisons in the first five couplets do make the woman sound unfavorable in comparison. Given the way it ends, though, do you think that: a)The narrator is brutally honest toward the object of his affection, or b)The narrator is proclaiming his love/r to be more genuinely beautiful than hackneyed poetic comparisons of eyes to limpet pools?Dr. Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870733544828744669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-68849338946973104442012-11-08T19:06:19.068-08:002012-11-08T19:06:19.068-08:00Excellent choice, and the answer to a Jeopardy que...Excellent choice, and the answer to a Jeopardy question: Where did Sting get the title of his 1987 CD, 'Nothing Like the Sun'? Dr. Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870733544828744669noreply@blogger.com