"My mistress' eyes"

"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"

I had to read this poem twice to understand what Shakespeare is talking about in all aspects of the poem. At first, he describes all of these beautiful things and then follows this by saying his mistress is not like this at all. Shakespeare uses all of these similes to compare the mistress to well-known things, such as the mistress' eyes being nothing like the sun, or wire hairs being the same type of hair that the girl has, or the lack of rosiness in her cheeks. All of these similes contribute to the imagery and tone of the poem. The tone, even though the speaker is describing the flaws of his mistress, is very content with his mistress. The last lines of the poem describe how even though she is not perfect or similar to well-known beautiful things, she is rare. Her rareness is what makes the speaker love her.