The+Sick+Rose

About the Poem: In this poem, the rose is this goregous flower but has recently been infected by a worm that flies in the night. The rose used to be beautiful but since the worm has come, it has eaten up the parts of the rose. "Does thy life destroy" means that the rose is no longer this beautiful flower it has been infected and diseased by this worm that has been feasting on this rose.

William Blake
 * //__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 criminson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy