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 damask’d, red and white,

but no such roses see I in her cheeks;

—"Sonnet 130,"

William Shakespeare

Use context to identify the meanings of the words underlined in the poem.

dun:

Dully Colored

Shiny

Transparent

damask’d:

Decreased

Growing

Streaked

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