Even if everyone has a different opinion on beauty, any reader can resonate with these first lines because beauty can be seen by anyone in their own way.
To be (be)
100
Some would say that communication skills are really the true key to a successful marriage, while others may propose that the balance of time trumps all other factors.
To be (are)
100
He uses the first 12 lines to describe the perfectness of the girl and the last two, effectively, to reassure her that society regards him as a historical figure.
Perfectness is not a word
100
They are sad and somewhat unforgiving yet beautiful and romantic in a unique approach.
To be (are), missing comma
100
Both sonnets are talking about a lady and what the author thinks about her.
To be (are)
200
Beauty and loveliness come across in the first sonnet, while in the second it seems like Shakespeare might not even be writing about a lover because plain, ordinary, and possibly even ugly are the images the lines produce.
To be (be)
200
Though the female characters are strong-minded, the two main male characters in each story hold very strong masculine viewpoints.
to be (are), missing comma
200
It makes sense, then, that if Shakespeare wanted to ask out a woman that he didn’t know well, he must assume that she might not have received a proper education.
contraction
200
The message is the same, just in altered ways.
To be (is)
200
The mistress has pale lips that aren’t vibrant.
Contraction, to be (aren't)
300
This idea of perfection can resonate with the reader because the notion of love is something everyone dreams of.
To be (is)
300
The union of marriage between two people should not be broken, and both parties should abide by the vows in which they exchange on that miraculous day.
to be (be), unnecessary "in"
300
The two sonnets, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” and “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” are both love poems for, perhaps the same person, but in different stages of a relationship.
are, extra comma
300
This compares extremely with how society is today.
To be (is), This without a subject
300
These sonnets resonate with me because they are easily understood.
First person (me), to be (are)
400
In his time, blonde hair and pale skin were not only seen as beautiful but something to envy.
To be (were)
400
For Aylmer to point out and want to immediately change an “imperfection” that according to Georgiana was precious was very malicious of him.
To be (was, was)
400
The theme and tone of “My Mistress’ Eye are Nothing Like to Sun” are more meaningful but also more difficult to grasp, a poem meant for someone Shakespeare had spent time with and shared his knowledge with.
To be (are) and ending sentence with preposition
400
The only problem is though that she might be the most beautiful woman in the world, but what about her personality?
To be (is, be), run on
400
In the first sonnet, he is comparing her to a summer day that is lovely and temperate. In the second sonnet, he is comparing, but not comparing, his mistress to the sun, saying her eyes are nothing like it.
Sentence rut, to be (is, is, is, are)
500
Both endings wrap up the sonnets perfectly, one leaves the reader picturing true love and love that will never die, while the next has a twisting ending that the reader does not see coming. (Daily Double)
Run on
500
Aylmer, who married her with the birthmark, made her grow self-conscious of something she had been born with.
To be (been)
500
For the sake of playing devil’s advocate, there exists another interpretation of the different tone and style between the sonnets specifically that, they were given to different women.
to be (were), missing comma and extra comma
500
With the first sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” it is clear that Shakespeare was trying to say that this woman’s beauty compared to a summer’s day has no comparison, the woman obviously in his eyes is superior.
To be (was, is), run on, it is
500
In Shakespeare’s sonnets, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” and “my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,” there is a basic theme that is shared.