Which sentence best describes this excerpt from shakespeare's sonnet 130
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks; The poet uses unusual metaphors to imply the intensity of his love.
The poet admits that his mistress falls short of poetic ideals of beauty.
The poet expresses his contempt for poetic ideals of beauty.
The poet conveys his disillusionment with his mistress.