The Canterbury Tales

Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare

What does the speaker suggesting in lines 11-12 of Sonnet 130?

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I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. This is actually a thought split between two lines. The speaker, line 1, admits that he has never seen a goddess move and then juxtaposes this idea with his mistress.

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