The structure of this sonnet is very unique. Instead of fourteen lines, this sonnet has fifteen lines. Some people argue over whether or not it qualifies as a sonnet then, but the first line is technically an "introductory line," so it can still count as a sonnet. In the poem, the speaker appears to be yelling at the flowers for stealing. The flowers' beauty is said to have come from the young man. Since when things are stolen they are gone, I wonder if the young man's looks had begun to fade, and the speaker is blaming the flowers for making his beauty disappear.
There are two roses, a red one and a white one. The color red stands for shame and the color white stands for despair. In the last line of the third quatrain, the speaker is saying that death will be their punishment for stealing. The worms will eat the roses' shame and despair.
This sonnet might also represent Shakespeare's uncertainty about the dark lady. He might be wondering if he actually likes her more, or if it is just the young man he sees in her that he likes so much.
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