Review: The Sick Rose by William Blake
The Sick Rose William Blake O Rose, thou art sick: The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy; And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. https://www.almanac.com/plant/roses# ‘The Sick Rose’ is a poem written by William Blake. The poem was included in the Songs of Innocence which published in 1794. The Sick Rose consists of two stanzas and four lines in each and the rhyme is A B C B. The poem is using old English spelling. The poem contains some personification and metaphors. In the words ‘O Rose you are sick’. ‘Rose’ means as woman or love. The metaphors are, invisible , howling , and bed . This poem is also using a lot of symbols, such as ‘worm’ which represents the death or sexual lust of men. The poem tells a story about a rose, a sick rose exactly, that unaware about its sickness. The rose got infected by the worm, but the rose is too naïve to realize it. From the lyrics of this poem,