The Sick Rose
by 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.
I dont know if i really like this poem. But i do like that there isnt just one solid concrete meaning to this poem. It could have several, and i mean several, meanings to it. This is the kind of poem that every person can take and apply to their own lives. For instance, when i read this poem i immediately thought of a man and a woman. It could be because i just got done watching eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, but i thought of the woman being the rose and that the man is the person who is kind of narrorating the poem. He is saying that there is this woman, a rose, who has been infected with a bug, which i think is either an illness or another man, because then in the second stanza he states that the worm has found the bed of crimson joy that is the roses heart i believe and the worm's dark love destroys the roses life. So either it is a man who has destroyed a woman's heart or it is a disease that had killed a woman. Either way to me that is really really sad. But it is a beautiful poem. I know that this blog was mostly about the content and less about the structure, but i havent done one about the content so much and all of them have been about structure, it just felt good to be creative and make observations and apply it to my own life, cause i need a little self medication right now i guess. Anyways, im mumbling.
That's an interesting comparison/connection to the movie. I also like that you see the worm as an illness or a man. Good thoughts on this. Blake is super old. This poem was written in 1794. I think it's interesting that it still has meaning.
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