Question

"My mistress eves are nothing like the sun" is the first line of a

• A. sonnet
• B. pastoral elegy
• C. dramatic monologue
• D. ode

Answer 1

Answer:

A. sonnet

• "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" is the first line of Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare.

• This sonnet is part of Shakespeare’s famous 154 sonnets and is known for satirizing the conventional love poetry of his time, which often exaggerated women's beauty with unrealistic comparisons.