Ask Professor Snape to recite Shakespeare's sonnet "The Eyes of the Lover"

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

Coral is far more red than her lips' red:

The coral is much redder than her lips

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun Just dull brown

If hairs be wires black wires grow on her head

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head

i have seen roses damask 'd, red and white,

I have seen red and white roses, like gauze

but no such roses see i in her cheeks

Her cheeks There are no roses like this

and in some perfumes is there more delight

There are many fragrances that are very charming

than in the breath that from my mistress reeks

My lover's breath does not have this fragrance

i love to hear her speak, yet well i know

I love to hear her speak, But I know very well

that music hath a far more pleasing sound:

Music hath a far more pleasing sound:

i grant i never saw a goddess go,

I admit that I have never seen the goddess walk

my mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

My lover walks on the ground.

and yet, by heaven, i think my love is rare

But, I dare to swear to heaven, my lover

as any she belied with false compare

Better than any beautiful woman praised as a fairy

After listening:

The recitation is very touching and I have already invested myself in it. Make the listeners deeply involved

Extended information:

Shakespeare's Sonnets

In 1609, Shakespeare published "Sonnets". This was his last published non-dramatic work. Scholars are unable to determine when each of the 154 sonnets was written, but there is evidence that Shakespeare wrote these sonnets for a private audience throughout his career. Earlier, two unauthorized sonnets appeared in The Passionate Pilgrim, published in 1599.

The English writer Francis Mills wrote in 1598 of "sweet sonnets circulated among close friends." A few analysts believe that the published collection follows Shakespeare's intentional order. It seems he planned two opposing series: one about the uncontrollable lust of a dark-skinned married woman; the other about the pure love of a fair-skinned young man.

It is still unclear whether these characters represent real people, or whether the "I" in the poem represents Shakespeare himself, although the English poet William Wordsworth believed that in these fourteen lines In the poem "Shakespeare opened his heart". The 1609 edition is dedicated to a "Mr. W.H." whom the dedication calls "the only begetter" of the poems.

Whether the dedication was written by Shakespeare himself or added by publisher Thomas Thorpe remains a mystery, as Thorpe's initials appear at the end of the dedication page. Despite extensive scholarship, it remains unknown who "Mr. W.H." was, or even whether Shakespeare authorized the publication of the book. Critics have praised the Sonnets as a profound meditation on love, sexuality, reproduction, death and the nature of time.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia—Shakespeare’s Sonnets