I don’t know.
Recently I heard Sir Patrick Stewart sing the sonnets by Shakespeare. He did a good job. I do not think he is aware of the spirtual depth that can be taken in the sonnets
Here is Sonnet 21
Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits,
When I am sometime absent from thy heart,
Thy beauty, and thy years full well befits,
For still temptation follows where thou art.
Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won,
Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assailed;
And when a woman woos, what woman’s son
Will sourly leave her till he have prevailed?
Ay me! but yet thou mightst my seat forbear,
And chide thy beauty and thy straying youth,
Who lead thee in their riot even there
Where thou art forced to break a twofold truth:
Hers by thy beauty tempting her to thee,
Thine by thy beauty being false to me.
Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits, – the freedom of choice. We are given the choice. Always. Go towards God or for the illusionary world
In this Sonnet : the woman in most parts can be taken to be Maya. The deceptive part of creation.
Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assailed;
And when a woman woos, what woman’s son
Will sourly leave her till he have prevailed? Maya, the wonderful creation of God, so beautiful, nature so serene – everyone wants to conquer. What woman’s son – soul. Which soul would want to leave this beauty until he has prevailed
Where thou art forced to break a twofold truth:
Hers by thy beauty tempting her to thee,
Thine by thy beauty being false to me.
Twofold truth – dvait. Duality of creation
The world is so beautiful tempting
But I see through your fake beauty – there is something deeper within!
Now the Sonnet makes more sense for a Yogi. Re read it with a yogi view.
Bhavin