Whats the analysis of the poem The sick rose by Blake?
jmj616 Teacher Assistant Editor $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); 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. On the simplest level, this poem describes a very common, natural event. A worm (probably an insect, in our terms) flies through the night, lands on a rose, and destroys it by eating its leaves. “Thy bed of crimson joy” simply refers to the rose’s beautiful red color; “his dark secret love” simply refers to the worm’s attraction to the rose’s color and the sweet taste of its nectar. The symbolic meaning of the poem is up for grabs. To me, the metaphor of the rose and the worm represents the fragile nature of all things beautiful. No matter how beautiful a person, an object, or a relationship may be, there is always the chance that a worm (an illness,
