This sonnet was very difficult to understand, but from what I
got out of it, I believe it can relate to everyone. Before the shift the speaker was showing the
difference between strength and resistance or temptation. I think that he meant
that in order to show strength, you much go through weakness. For example, in
the first line it says these people have the power to hurt but will not. The weakness/temptation
is to hurt, but the fact that they will not shows strength. When people resist
temptation, the speaker says that they will receive heaven’s graces. Then after
the shift, the speaker talks about how this relates to a flower. If the flower
meets with an infection/temptation, the speaker says that “sweetest things turn
sour by their deeds”. I think this means
that anything sweet and innocent can be tempted and easily changed to something
far worse. The last line clarifies this saying that when flowers fester they
smell worse than weeds.
got out of it, I believe it can relate to everyone. Before the shift the speaker was showing the
difference between strength and resistance or temptation. I think that he meant
that in order to show strength, you much go through weakness. For example, in
the first line it says these people have the power to hurt but will not. The weakness/temptation
is to hurt, but the fact that they will not shows strength. When people resist
temptation, the speaker says that they will receive heaven’s graces. Then after
the shift, the speaker talks about how this relates to a flower. If the flower
meets with an infection/temptation, the speaker says that “sweetest things turn
sour by their deeds”. I think this means
that anything sweet and innocent can be tempted and easily changed to something
far worse. The last line clarifies this saying that when flowers fester they
smell worse than weeds.
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