Question

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 damaskd, 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.

Explanation:

In the poem, the speaker compares his mistress to various beautiful things and says her features lack the luster of those things. When he says "If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun", he means her breasts lack the brightness of white - snow, so "dun" here means dull - colored.

Answer:

dull colored