Question

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 damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,—
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.

Which words and phrases in the sonnet indicate that the tone is satirical? Select two options.

“My mistress”
“black wires”
“damask’d”
“reeks”
“false compare”

Answer 1

B. black wires

D. reeks

Step-by-step explanation:

"If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head."

This is a joke.

"Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."

This is also a joke.

The narrator would not actually make fun of his mistress. This is satiricial.

Answer 2

damask'd and My mistress

Step-by-step explanation:

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