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?
This poem is interesting to me mostly because the worm that makes the rose sick is invisible, and how can a worm fly? Any who, the rose is sick because the worm has found out the roses dar secret. It is almost like the worm is guilt or some feeling that makes you sick but not sick like a cold, but sick like sad or bitter. Is it that the love for the dark secret is what is destroying the rose? Could be possible. The poem is two quatrain stanzas and is only two sentences. The first sentence is stating that the rose is sick, the second is asking if "his dark secret love does thy life destroy?" This is interesting and is something you can answer on your own from personal experience.
Okay. These are decent ideas on the worm and the idea that something is "eating" the rose. Good.
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