The sonnet in question is Shakespearean; it is fourteen lines long, with a tonal shift in the last two lines. The shift here is from Shakespeare's unattractive description of the woman in the sonnet to his full circle statement that he loves her anyway.
This ending shift is crucial, as it changes the overall theme of the poem entirely.
Shakespeare's tone is satirical, poking fun at previous romantic sonnets by providing an alternative. Instead of saying things that are endearing, or calling the woman beautiful, he paints a portrait of her as a dirty human animal- just as we all are dirty human animals.
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