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Lies, Innuendo And Oneupmanship In Shakespeare's Poetry: Sonnet 130 And The Fair Youth Series
By: Paul Thomson | - Shakespeares Sonnet 130 is unique in its unglamorous portrayal of the so-called Dark Lady to whom it is addressed. In it, the narrator offers us a startlingly generous list of differences between the Dark Lady and your stereotypical beauty: she has ugly lips, a bad complexion, frizzy hair, colorless cheeks, smelly breath, an unmelodic voice, and a funky gait.

Giggles aside, what makes this description more compelling than Shakespeares other sonnets particula ...
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