This sonnet is a perfect example of Shakespeare's famous quote “Love is blind”. According to Hale, "the lover's objective comparisons between his beloved and nature and the human artifacts of perfume and music, however unfavorable to the woman, do not change his subjective perception of her." Shakespeare takes a different approach in this sonnet because, unlike a normal love poem, the Dark Lady is not compared to nature or other lauded elements that define beauty; rather it contrasts with them on a literal basis. The speaker uses metaphor to compare his lover to elements such as the sun, coral snow, and threads. He says his eyes look nothing like the sun; her lips are coral, not red; his hair is like black threads; her breath stinks and though he "loves to hear her talk, yet I know / that music has a much nicer sound" (greenbalt.550.9-10). He thinks his love is rare and "like every other she has belied it with false comparisons" (greenbalt.550.15). The question “why is he still with her? If you see so many flaws in her beauty” arises in the mind of every reader and the answer is quite simple. The speaker knows that his lover does not have those valued characteristics and that she is not perfect, but he still loves her more than anyone else. He believes that falsely comparing his lover's beauty for the sake of poetry is meaningless. Here, the speaker chooses to ignore the flaws in his lover's physical appearance because he thinks she is "worth it." This is really the true meaning of