Shakespeare Sonnet!? English homework help!?

Question

I dont understand these following questions:

1) to whom is Shakespeare speaking?

2)Does the final couplet summarize or suprise? Explain.

3) What is Shakespeare saying about this person? Explain.

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

Answer 1

I think that he is speaking to himself.

it summarizes it.

that the person is pretty, smells good, and that she doesnt know that he loves her

Answer 2

The questions are fairly obvious. Who is the sonnet about? Does the final couplet (last two lines) fit with the rest of the sonnet, or does it surprise you? And what is he saying about the person the sonnet is about?

Sit and read the sonnet through again, and think about it. I'm not being snippy; I just think people should use their own brains. The answers to the question are RIGHT there in the sonnet.

Answer 3

a million) study the rhyme scheme to the different sonnets notice this poem's rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG, which i think of is the known trend for his sonnets. 2) Iambic Pentameter skill 5 "ft" of an unstressed, then under pressure syllable. seem on the 1st line - caps = under pressure my MIS tress' EYES are not any factor like the solar and then line 3 - if SNOW be WHITE why THEN her BREASTS are DUN the two a sort of are ordinary Iamb Pent. (5 ft, each - ^ ) test the different lines to get those that variety - initiate with line 2 (hint). notice the final line. 3) the entire factor is figurative language. Is her hair rather wires? notice assessment of solar to eyes, snow to breasts, and so on. what's the end result? think of roughly it. Is he rather putting her down by utilising those comparisons? (seem on the final 2 lines.) sturdy luck!