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Sonnet 130 lines 5-6 of the poem

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Step-by-step explanation:

The lines 5 and 6 of Sonnet 130 read:

"I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks."

In these lines, the speaker is comparing his mistress to the beauty of roses, but noting that her beauty does not measure up. He has seen roses that are "damask'd" (variegated, with different colors), red and white, and he wishes that his mistress had similar beauty. However, he does not see any red or white in her cheeks, suggesting that she does not possess the same beauty as the roses.

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