The_Sick_Rose

The Sick Rose “The Sick Rose” by: William Blake (page 180) The question for this journal asks you to choose a poem thus far that is completely determined by one single word. William Blake’s “The Sick Rose” is a prime example of how this works. If the word “sick” never appeared in the title, then it would just be called, “The Rose.” A poem that was written about an ordinary rose would seem very redundant and maybe even boring. There is only so many times that one can say how beautiful a rose is and how it is the symbol for love. Once you add the word, “sick” to the title, you have a whole other ball game. The entire tone and direction of the poem rose, sick, poem, word, tone, love, about, william, very, title, page, one, line, going, first, end, 180, written, worm’s, worm, works, whole, tiny, times, thus, thou, talks, talking, symbol, speaker, slow, single, sets, seem, say