Oh Contriere' There are several similarities and differences in William Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun," and John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." Theses two poems discuss and dissect relationships on two basic level...

Oh Contriere' There are several similarities and differences in William Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun," and John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." Theses two poems discuss and dissect relationships on two basic level...

Sonnet 71(LXXI) expresses bitterness, self-pity, disillusionment and cynicism of love and love pursued in vain. Shakespeare's predicament is not a new one, anyone who has experienced life can relate but there is no dignity in his words. Sonnet 138 (CXXXVIII) expresses none of the previ...