Question

What is the main idea of the first quatrain of sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare

Answer 1

The answer is; The speaker considers his love less attractive than objects in nature.

Answer 2

The conventional way to describe poetry is not present in this Shakespeare's sonnet. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" indicates that the speaker's beloved differs form other lovers in poetry for the lack of the traditional attributes granted to women. The main idea in the first quatrain is an alternative description of the idealized lover.