Beauty

If beautys in the eye of the beholder,

Who is to see the beauty within me?
Scars, bruises, and skin with dark colors bolder
than the bright sunset across the deep sea.
Hair. Curlier than a piglets short tail,
With massive frizz, looks like a lions mane.
Emotions, both good and bad, make me wail
Out of anger, joy, and eternal pain.
Is it bad to be taller than the Redwoods,
With enough clumsiness to trip on air?
They were exactly where I once stood,
But now, together, we sit and we share
Thoughts about our lame, insecure, past.
Our beauty lasts forever: it has always last.
~Jordyn Brounstein

Jordyns Analysis of Sonnet #8

In William Shakespeares piece of work, Sonnet #8, he uses a variety of diligent
comparisons to explain to his muse that marriage is the step to achieve fulfillment in their life. In
the first line, Music to hear, why hearst thou music sadly? he is using the word music to
correlate to marriage: in other words, it could be thought as, When you think about marriage,
why do you think of it in a sorrowful way? As Shakespeare continues, he attempts to expound
by saying, Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy. These sweets could be the two
people in a relationship; instead of fighting with one another, war, their joy reflects off one
another. Eventually, he goes to compare the strings of an instrument, such as a harp, that,
Strikes each in each by mutual ordering,/ Resembling sire and child and happy mother, to
show the harmony between the strings and the harmony of a family working together.
Shakespeares use of the speechless song, being many, seeming one, is another example of
the harmony of many corresponding notes being played at the same time to make one beautiful
sound much like the two different people who come together to make a wonderful child. To
conclude and show is final point, the song of marriage and family life, Sings this to thee, Thou
single wilt prove none. In this last line he uses the song of marriage, which is the ideal lifestyle
choice of this classical time, to say, Without a husband and kids your life will have no meaning,
proving you worthless.