Nature To Love Ones In Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun" And "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?"

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"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?",
Shakespeare is debating whether or not his love one is worth being compare to a
summer day. Unlike the first poem, the poet does not know what the answer is
from the title or whether it is fair to compare nature to her. However, as the
reader read through the poem he gets an answer from the poet. Just the thought
whether his loved one is worth being compared to nature gives away the poet's
assumption that nature is superior to humankind.
Throughout all the poem "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun",
Shakespeare shows how nature is better than his loved one by comparing nature
and his mistress. He shows all the great things of nature and all the faults of
humans. For instance, he shows how colorful and lovely the colors of the roses
are but his lover does not seem to have this colors on her cheeks. "I have seen
rosesdamask'd, red and white,/ but no such roses see I in her cheeks." (537; 5-
6)
To show the perfection of ...

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