My mistress' eyes

The tone of this poem is mocking towards the other love poems that compare lovers to nature (coral, snow, sun). These authors exaggerate with comparisons to flatter their women. The speaker is more honest in saying that his mistress is nothing like those things and will not waste his time with false comparisons. He believes that his love is more pure than any natural object and doesn't need to compare her to nature. The speaker wants to say that appearances don't matter because he loves his mistress the way she is. How she looks holds no meaning compared to her personality. She is just as beautiful to the women who are lied to.