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January 01, 2003

The Sick Rose

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.

- William Blake

Posted by Fionnaigh at January 1, 2003 01:14 PM
Comments

i think this poem talks about industrial revelution the rose seems weak the worm seema strong.

Posted by: samah arqaiq at November 28, 2003 09:31 PM

I have been studieing The Sick Rose at school and have figuered that it is a sexual act the worm is a pennis and the worm is a woman and she looses her viginity

Posted by: miss at June 11, 2004 10:34 AM