Why is the mistress being compared to all these different things? Why is she being put up to all these expectations? It seems like it’s very hard for the speaker to understand that all people are different and they shouldn’t be compared.

Is this really an insult because it’s hard for me to tell if this can really be considered an insult? There are tons of people who don’t have lips as red as coral. This just seems like the speaker was just putting this line out in the open for the reader to analyze and decide on what it means on their own

This poem has two things that make this poem confusing. The first is that some lines are obvious, straightforward and clear negative lines. But the second thing is the fact that some of the lines are left up for the reader to guess what it is. For example, the color of the mistress’s hair…is it really that bad if the mistress has grayish-brown hair. Some people actually like others with that type of hair color.

The speaker tends to judge the mistress by compliments. For example, “your eyes shine brighter than the sun”. but the speaker says that the eyes of the mistress are nothing like the sun

are the mistress and the speaker dating or in a relationship at all because so far it seems like the speaker only knows negative things about the mistress

Does the mistress understand that she has all these things that are wrong with her because it seems like she’s blinded by something and can’t really notice all of these imperfections. Also does the speaker ever tell the mistress all of these problems.

why is the speaker mostly focusing on the negative things about the mistress. Does the speaker even like the mistress or is the speaker just using the mistress