#the sick rose

[bunnakit]

And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy

[crucifiedlovers]

...his dark secret love / Does thy life destroy.

William Blake, "The Sick Rose"

[apoemaday]

The Sick Rose

by William Blake

O Rose thou are 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.

[alice-dyers-spouse]

Okay the poem The Sick Rose by William Blake to me is literally about Angel cuz how i interpret it is something beautiful being violated and abused and it makes me cry

[blackhyena]

William Blake, plates from Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

[persephonediary]

The Sick Rose

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

[appointmentwithmryeats]

The Sick Rose

O Rose thou art sick.

The invisible worm

That flies in the night

In the howling storm,

Has found out they bed

Of crimson joy:

And his dark secret love

Does they life destroy.

William Blake (1757 - 1827)

[poetictouch]

The Sick Rose by William Blake - Read by Ted Hughes

[thisdayreservedfor]

[acciomylove]

i was in lit today & we were analyzing the sick rose - williams blake. my teacher was explaining how the line: "the invisible worm" and similar descriptions in literature can be used as phallic symbols.

i immediately started giggling. i was the only person who laughed ... i was incredibly flustered by my apparent immaturity, but also confused because my class is definitely not comprised of anyone too mature to laugh at a dick joke.

i was right. as soon as my teacher explained that "phallic" was basically synonymous with penis, the entire room burst out with laughter. so then i realized that i wasn't immature, i was just the only person who knew what "phallic" meant ...

is the meaning of "phallic" not common knowledge?

i've always loved studying greek and roman mythology, especially art depicting or related to the myths. whenever i read up on the histories of various sculptures, stories and architecture, terms like "phallus" had always shown up quite commonly to describe symbolic themes.

anyways im clearly still embarassed because i haven't stopped thinking about today's lesson for the past 9 hours ...

[countesspetofi]

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.

--William Blake, 1794

I've loved Blake's poetry since I was a kid (I wanted him to be related to the Blake branch of my own family, but the genealogy doesn't track) but I didn't come across "The Sick Rose" until 2005, when it was used as an online clue in the "Bad Wolf" arc of Doctor Who.

[liquidgirl13]

[alphareleasemedia]

The Sick Rose -- 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.

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[lesbianviolet]

still insane abt ruby and silver eyes in general. incase anyone was wondering