Sonnet 130 My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun by William Shakespeare

April 23rd 2014 marks the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare s birth. My Mistress Eyes are nothing Like The Sun read by David ShawParker Shakespeare is expressing the kind of love that has nothing to do with the beloved s looks. He satirises the usual way of expressing love for a woman praising her lips and her hair, the way she walks, and all the things that a young man may rave about when he thinks about his beloved. What he does is invert those things, assert that his beloved is ugly, ungai br, br,