Go Will!

The imagery in the poem, "My Mistress' Eyes," is really significant in order to understand the ending. Here are several comparisons used in the poem:

• "eyes are nothing like the sun" (the mistress has dark eyes)
• "coral is far more red than her lips' red" (colorless lips)
• "if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun" (her chest's color is dull and drab)
• "if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head" (her hair is unhealthy and stringy)
• "but no such roses I see in her cheeks" (her cheeks are colorless)
• "in the breath that from my mistress reeks" (she has bad breath)
• "that music hath a far more pleasing sound" (her voice is not soothing)
• "when she walks, treads on ground" (not light-footed)

However, even after all of these negative comparisons describing all of his mistress' faults, he proclaims his rare love for her. According to the speaker, nobody could ever love her in the great way that he loves her. The way he accepts her as a whole, flaws and all, is really romantic. (Sorry, I love this stuff!) If it were my way, women would only wear make up on special occasions, and every man would appreciate a woman the way she looks naturally. Although he spends the majority of the poem focused on her flaws, he ends the poem on a positive note. Go Will!