Ranger25 Apr 2006

"Weak". Here goes.

Stanza 1 - the end of the day = death. The middle of a dreary week (1st reflection of 'weak') is eternity; whenever you are is in the middle of it, like being at any point on the circumference of a circle.
Stanza 2 - I can't remember what I arrived at with this one, it might have been with the connotations of dirt and grime (i.e. the weak souls, maybe those too weak to resist temptation?) His own reek reflected the zealous sort of attitude of a preacher, never admitting to being holy enough to be worthy of a place in Heaven - the weakness of being mortal.
Stanza 3 - pray/prey. Either he is prey to something, or the other souls are weak prey.
Stanza 4 - 'wet silty clay' offers no resistance to his actions; and then there is 'meek', which is obvious enough.
Stanza 5 - 'creak' carries connotations of old age, fragility and immobility.

So that is possibly how I got to my conclusion...I'm sure there's stuff I thought of but have missed - now all I have to do is find the rest of it and make it all cohere!