Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeares Sonnet #130

Sonnet 130 is filled with negative images of his mistress. How does he describe her? What is the purpose of these negative images?

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The purpose is to illustrate that his mistress is nothing compared to the beauty of nature, My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red than her lips' red." Although she does not compare to the beauty of nature, the speaker loves her anyway.

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