"I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound"
So, at first read the speaker seems to be condemning this poor woman, but when the tone of the poem sets in, you realize that he is not speaking harshly about these facts. He is speaking tenderly about her. He says, "I see no roses in her checks". Instead of using negative connoted words, he uses the positive to show his affection for her. So, as the poem continues, it is more apparent that he does feel affectionately toward her in a way that does not "compare" to any other. There is a shift in tone from the first half of the poem to the second. At the beginning, the tone was accepting of her imperfections. Then it changes toward the end to loving her imperfections in a way that know other man could.
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