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Read the passage.

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.

What is the main idea of the first quatrain of Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare?

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The main idea is that love is not about superficial things like looks.

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