Sick Rose
?Who was write this poem
William Blake was born in London in 1757. he was an an English poet, painter and engraver. his family was middle he didn't receive any formal education he studied only how to write and read. then for 7 years he become apprentice for a famous engraver. he married Catherine Boucher who help him to produce Blake's collection of poem and drawing called Songs of Innocence and Experience. in song of innocence Blake describe live a sit seems to innocent children. in song of Experience he showed a mature person to understanding of pain and terror. he was greatest lyric writer and great member of romanticism. he write many poem such as 'the tiger of Jerusalem' and "the sick rose". he died in London in 1827.
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The Form: it consists two stanza each one is quatrain
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Paraphrase: in this two quatrain the poet is addressing the rose in forms is sick the cause of sickness is the love between the rose and "the invisible worm" this worm" has stolen in to the stolen in to the bed of rose under the cover of night "in the howling storm". the dark secret love of this worm destroying the rose life
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Theme: the poet speak about the sickness of beautiful rose saying that it is because an invisible worm love. this worm destroy the essence of the rose. here the poet describe what happened in a small part of garden to show as what happens in real life. the poet explains moral issue that is the taboos of wrong relationship and how these relationship destroy person life
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Figures of Speech
apostrophe: in the 1st line the 1st stanza we have apostrophe. the poet is addressing the rose which nonhuman if it were could answer.( O' Rose)
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images: there is too much visual images such as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the 1st stanza
there is auditory image in the 4th line in the 1st stanza, " in the howling storm"
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personification: in the 1st line in the 1st stanza the poet compare the rose to the sick person
in the 2nd line in the 1st stanza the poet compare the worm to a person in love
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****phor: in 3rd line in the 1st stanza "that flies in the night" the poet compare the worm to bird
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Symbol
rose>> beauty - love - soft - innocence
worm>> evil - envy - selfishness - death.
night>> darkness.
storm>> destruction.
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The Tone: is pessimistic, sad, hloomy and terrifying
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Sounds and Sense
alliteration: the repetition of the first consonant sound of important words such as in the 3rd line in the 1st stanza "that - the", in the 4th line in the 2nd stanza " does - destroy"
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consonance: the repetition of final consonant sound of important word such as in the 1st line of the 2nd stanza we have consonance "found - bed"
in the 2nd line in the 1st stanza "that - night"
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assonance: the repetition of same vowel of important word such as "worm - storm" "out - found - found - howling" "joy - destroy" "dark - art" "life - flies - night"
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onomatopoeia: there an onomatopoeia in the 4th line in the 1st stanza "in the howling storm" howling is a nature sound of wind and wolf
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The Rhyme Scheme: the poem consist two stanza each one is four lines the second line rhyme is the forth
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The Rhyme Scheme
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sick...(a)
worm...(b)
night...(a)
storm...(b)
bed...(c)
joy...(d)
love...(c)
destroy...(d)
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