What is the explanation of the last sentence of the sonnet On His Blindness?

Answer 1

"Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve those who only stand and wait" These lines explain the advantage of being patient. "who only stand and wait" are those who face their problems, or work on their dreams, with patience. Patient people are the one's that have all their dreams fulfilled, all their pains swept away and all happiness fills their lives. This is my own explanation of these lines; hope it helps :) "Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve those who only stand and wait" These lines explain the advantage of being patient. "who only stand and wait" are those who face their problems, or work on their dreams, with patience. Patient people are the one's that have all their dreams fulfilled, all their pains swept away and all happiness fills their lives. This is my own explanation of these lines; hope it helps :) "Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve those who only stand and wait" These lines explain the advantage of being patient. "who only stand and wait" are those who face their problems, or work on their dreams, with patience. Patient people are the one's that have all their dreams fulfilled, all their pains swept away and all happiness fills their lives. This is my own explanation of these lines; hope it helps :)

Answer 2

Milton's Sonnet On His Blindness is Petrarchan in organisation, as you can tell from the way that the rimescheme splits it into an eight-line Octave and a six-line Sestet.

Most sonnet technicians would identify it as a Miltonicsonnet: which is to say that the form (rimescheme) is Petrarchan (ABBA ABBA CDE CDE) but the volta (a change in the point of view which separates octave and sestet) is so weak as to be almost non-existent.

In the case of On His Blindness the volta comes halfway through line eight (But Patience ..) and doesn't really introduce any new material. It is quite a good example of both a Miltonic and a Petrarchan sonnet.