In this sonnet, Shakespeare uses metaphors commonly used in love poems to get a message to the reader. He says 'If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun.' Referring to the time of which this poem was written, the rich would have powdered their skin to make them seem more beautiful, and this quote implies that Shakespeare's 'mistress' is an everyday person and doesn't live this rich lifestyle.
This needs to be finished.
...and it was homework to have finished it.
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