I dug this nugget up from three computers ago. I hope I didn't get a good grade on this assignment. I totally didn't get The Bard back then. Sonnet #20
A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
1
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
2
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
3
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion;
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An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
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Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
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A man in hue, all 'hues' in his controlling,
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Much steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
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And for a woman wert thou first created;
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Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
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And by addition me of thee defeated,
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By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
12
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure, 13
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.
14
Paraphrase:
Lines 1-2: You have a cute face like a woman.
Lines 3-4: You are kindhearted like a woman, but you do not have mood swings.
Lines 5-6: I can see your sincerity in your beautiful eyes.
Lines 7-8: It is hard not to look at a woman.
Lines 9-10: The creation of woman was an accident.
Lines 11-12: You have defeated me.
Lines 13-14: Nature decided that it is natural for a man and woman to be intimate, so I will love you but not have sex with you.
Although I love you, I will still sleep with women because it is natural.
Yeah, I totally missed the point-R' Rutta
