Shakespeare's Sonnets

Sonnet 130

Would I be correct in saying that sonnet 130 has a humorous tone

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Yes I would say it definitely has a humorous tone. Shakespeare is poking fun at the flowery language that poets use to worship women with prose, "Her breath is like perfume" / "She floats through the air like a goddess". Shakespeare is making fun at the nature and adulation of love in poetry."

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