William Blake – “The Sick Rose”

The Sick Rose

O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,

Has found out they bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does they life destroy.

“The Sick Rose” is from William Blake’s collection “Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.” Poems in the collection are divided between two themes: innocence and experience. “The Sick Rose” is from “Songs of Experience.”

Often times, readers want to know what the author intended when they were writing. In some cases, it is better not to know. The ability to read a poem in many different ways can be richer than pinning it down to one single meaning.

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