My Mistress' Eyes

Shakespears poems are often about love and affection, and because of his style are usually "down to earth." Yes Shakespeare writes many impossible plays, but poems require inspiration. This poem is about a a man wooing a woman ,calling her by what she is, not what she is not. She is not a supernaturl goddess, she is a woman, but a gorgeous one at that. "I think my love as rare- as any she belied with false compare." (Shakespeare). His love for her is real, and supremely strong. BVut he does not need to tell her lies to prove this.