莎士比亚的这首14行诗 (Sonnet 130) 比较特别。大部分14行诗中的女主人翁比较理想化，是一种纯粹的赞美。而这里，作者显然采用了比较戏谑的手法，描绘了一个真实女子的面貌，别致风趣。这首诗也被引用在连续剧《My So Called Life》，主演的 Claire Danes 由此获得 Golden Globe 最佳女主角。
Sonnet 130
By William Shakespeare
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.
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