Which sentence best describes this excerpt from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130? 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 in her cheeks;
A.
The poet uses unusual metaphors to imply the intensity of his love.
• B.
The poet admits that his mistress falls short of poetic ideals of beauty.
• C.
The poet expresses his contempt for poetic ideals of beauty.
D.
The poet conveys
his disillusionment with his mistress.