Sonnet 130
The message/them for this sonnet is no one is perfect. He compares his mistress' features by saying for example "Coral is far more red than her lips' red;" He is saying that her lips can't be as red as coral because coral is coral and lips are lips and that they can not be the same thing. You can not say that something is the same as something that it is not. Another example would be when he says that "I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks," this is saying that her cheeks can not be as red as roses for the same reason that lips can not be the same color as coral. The speaker of this sonnet is saying that no one can be perfect, not even his mistress. Even though you think someone is stunning and unbelievably breathtaking they are not a goddess/god. They can not be in the perfect image as you may perceive them to be. The speaker is being realistic by saying that she's not perfect and describing why she's not perfect. He is putting it in perspective that way his audience can understand what is being said and what the message/theme of the poem is.
I do not agree with the sonnet's message/them. I believe that one can be perfect. You do not have to be perfect to everyone but to someone you can be perfect. Not everyone has the same taste and perfect means different things to different people. In the Notebook for example, Noah believes that Allie is the most perfect girl he has ever seen. He tries to fight for her love and does whatever it takes to fulfill her dreams even though they are not together some of the time. To Noah, Allie is like a goddess. He does not want anyone else except him. So it is possible for someone to be seen as perfect. It just depends on how you feel what perfect is.
