“My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun”
             Time has seen an infinite amount of beauty in its long existence. Nature has
             produced so many wonderful scenes and objects that we cannot collect it all even in one
             life. We ourselves are keepers of such beauty and intrigue that poets and other writers
             have captured our essence in prose. Whether it’s beauty that is skin deep or the beauty of
             a face that makes you look twice, what attracts us is not always what attracts your
             neighbor. Shakespeare’s, “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun,” and Lord
             Byron’s, “She Walks in Beauty,” are the epitome of what men and women long for.
             Although different in their interpretations of beauty, they hold true to the meaning of
             In Shakespeare’s “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun,” beauty is
             definitely only skin deep. Shakespeare’s description of his love is an abomination to the
             quintessential woman every man lusts for. He describes her as having, “black wires grow
             on her head” (Mistress line 4), instead of the beautiful, long black hair that most men
             would die for. Shakespeare also states, “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That
             music hath far a more pleasing sound” (Mistress line 9-10). The subject in this sonnet is
             well beyond grotesque, and her voice is to be thought as a plague on the ears. However,
             what she has to say to him and the way she say’s, “I Love You” is like music in
             Shakespeare’s ears and his heart. No matter how unattractive she is to him or to anyone
             else, only he knows her true beauty, and that lies deep inside her. Beauty is not just a
             word, nor is it just an appearance to Shakespeare in this sonnet. Beauty is something that
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