Now, I am not one to get into the lovy dovy stuff that poetry often entails; however, this poem, from my interpretation deals with some of that. Shakespeare in My Mistress' Eyes uses examples of fabulous attribute that women in poetry usually have. " And in some perfumes is there more delight"(885, Shakespeare). He uses other examples of extravagant things and states that his mistress does not have these attributes or other things like that are superior to those of his mistress. However, near the end, he states that he loves his mistress because she does not have those things as they are described. She has her own lip color, her own breath smell, her own breast color, her own voice that are all unique to her. This is what Shakespeare makes clear as to what he loves in his women. Essentially, he is saying in a modern translation that he loves her just the way she is and that he would not ever change a thing.
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