Every poet has a source of inspiration, a reason that leads him or her to write and compose stories that can captivate many people or none. Love is one of the most common. Many people are moved by love to write because whether their love is corresponded or not, they just want to express their feelings through the poetry. The poems “Sonnet 130” written by William Shakespeare and “Go, lovely Rose” written by Edmund Waller are two poems in which the poets confess their love for a woman. Both poets used a woman as a source of inspiration for their poem and they invite the reader to feel the love they feel towards these women. Both poems are similar and different at the same time regarding imagery, figures of speech, and the way they address their beloveds. “Sonnet 130” and “Go, Lovely Rose” both use imagery; however, the poets use it in different way. In Sonnet 130, Shakespeare uses a great variety of imagery. Through the description he makes, we can imagine her beloved. He describes her by making contrast between her appearance and nature. He uses different images in which we can perceive them with the senses. First, we have images that we can perceive with the sight in the following lines: “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” (1-3).In these lines we can perceive a several colors such as Coral, red, and white. Shakespeare uses the colors to contrast his beloved “beauty”. Through this description, we can imagine the appearance of the women. In addition, the poem also presents images that can be perceived with the sense of hearing: “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know / that music hath a far more pleasing sound;” (9-10). However, the poem “Go, lovely Rose” has less imagery than Sonnet 130. An image present is “In deserts where no men abide” (8) which is a visual image because we can imagine the des