This sonnet, like sonnet number 55, talks about man-made things in the first eight lines of the sonnet. However, the speaker then begins to talk about more natural things like flowers and summer in the last six lines of the sonnet. The shift in this sonnet is right where this change happens, which makes perfect sense because it shows that the focus has changed for the speaker. There were many symbols in this sonnet that related to power or weakness. I noticed one symbol that was different because I thought it could possibly represent both power and weakness. The symbol was a weed. In the sonnet, the line "The basest weed outbraves his dignity:" made me think about time passing on and the weed becoming weaker and weaker. Then as I thought more into the subject, if the weed outbraves, or outlives the other flowers, then it must be strong in some sense because it is still living even after the "infection" met the flower. The weed could still survive through this "infection" thus proving it can be a symbol for strength.
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