I was asked by my english professor to find "Professional" interpretations of the poem 'The Sick Rose,' by William Blake. I have yet to find a page that lists these different thoughts. A fellow classmate and I believe this work of art to be much darker than our professor is telling us. Please help !
Feel free to use the search option on this forum. This poem has been discussed numerous times. For example:
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of course, if after reading these you have questions left, feel free to post them here!
But "professional" interpretations probably means you have to come up with quotes from books (secondary literature). So you may have to go to a library.
Give me a dollar and I'll interpret it any way you want.
a dollar for every interpretation? You'll be rich!
a dollar for every interpretation?
It worked for Cliff's Notes.
Les
Thank you for your help ! sorry, no money, PCS (Poor College Student). If you would like to donate to the 'Michelle Fund', please contact me. haha. I think I'm suppose to laugh... Thanks again guys
Hey! I'm no professional, but take it from me, this is what the poem, The Sick Rose, means -
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.
My enunciation: I think William Blake is in love and you know how the feeling knaws at you, if the feeling or desire is not fulfilled then it seems that it is destroying your life? It's similar to a worm attacking some plant and destroying it slowly. William Blake is the rose and love is the worm!
P.S. For all of you, don't try to see in a poem more than the poet wrote in it, or you destroy its beauty. The poem is not that poem anymore otherwise because you give it another definition.