If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head
The mistress does not have beautiful golden locks of hair, they are black and dull.
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And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.
Although she does not possess the qualities of a stereotypical beautiful woman that are usually discussed in love poems, Shakespeare still loves his mistress.
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My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground
Shakespeare's mistress walks on the ground like a normal human, she is not a goddess or a divine figure
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And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks
The mistress has bad breath.
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belied
Fail to fulfill or justify
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dun
a dull grayish-brown color
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Shakespeare is comparing his mistress to to the stereotypical ideas of beauty
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