Sonnet 30, by Edmund Spenser uses a conceit throughout the entire poem to compare his lover to ice, cold hearted and a tease, and himself to fire, with a burning passion for her love. He uses this conceit in a way that makes it apparent that it is a situation of unrequited love. Spenser says "Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not delayed by her heart-frozen cold". This is just one example throughout the poem that expresses how he longs for her, however she always rejects him.
Sonnet 130, by William Shakespeare, uses a conceit of nature throughout the entire poem to compare his mistress. However, these conceits are unfavorable towards Shakespeare's woman. The first six lines are all comparing the mistress to nature, and in Shakespeare's opinion, cannot match the beauty of the nature. Shakespeare starts off the poem by bashing his mistress right away; "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;". He then goes on to compare her hair to wire, saying that she has black wire growing from her head. Another comparison he makes is roses to her cheeks; Shakespeare believes her cheeks lack the rosiness that he values. However, in the final couplet, Shakespeare claims his love for the mistress and says that she is as specials as other lovers who are more attractive.
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