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    The poem "The Sick Rose" by William Blake uses vivid imagery to describe a rose that has become sick due to an invisible worm. The worm found the rose's bed of crimson joy and its dark secret love destroyed the rose's life. Students are asked to analyze the imagery and symbols in the poem by answering questions about what elements like the howling storm and crimson joy suggest, and then propose what the overall poem appears to be about.

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    The poem "The Sick Rose" by William Blake uses vivid imagery to describe a rose that has become sick due to an invisible worm. The worm found the rose's bed of crimson joy and its dark secret love destroyed the rose's life. Students are asked to analyze the imagery and symbols in the poem by answering questions about what elements like the howling storm and crimson joy suggest, and then propose what the overall poem appears to be about.

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    Poetry Worksheet - The Sick Rose

    Transféré par

    Dorian Love
    The poem "The Sick Rose" by William Blake uses vivid imagery to describe a rose that has become sick due to an invisible worm. The worm found the rose's bed of crimson joy and its dark secret love destroyed the rose's life. Students are asked to analyze the imagery and symbols in the poem by answering questions about what elements like the howling storm and crimson joy suggest, and then propose what the overall poem appears to be about.

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    The Roedean Academy - English

    Unseen Poem

    The Sick Rose from Songs of Experience (1794) by 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.

    Poetry is all about images that convey both feeling and meaning. In the space below draw what the poem suggests to you.

    The Roedean Academy - English

    Unseen Poem

    Now answer the following questions to help you explore the meaning (and feelings) in the poem. 1. Why is the rose sick?

    2.

    Why is the worm invisible?

    3.

    What might the worm be?

    4.

    What does the howling storm suggest?

    5.

    What does crimson suggest?

    6.

    What does joy suggest?

    7.

    What does dark secret love suggest?

    There are many possible interpretations of this poem, but to begin to explore them we need to be aware of what ideas and feelings the imagery suggests to us. These associations work together to create a complex web of meanings in a seemingly very simple poem. Having looked at the questions above, what would you say the poem is about? What is the rose, and why is it sick?

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