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priest?love? To truely understand what William Blake meant when he was writing the poem, you must understand the times in which he lived. The only relatively intelligent analysis I read on this forum was the one that mentioned syphilis. That person had the decency to consider the ear in which William Blake lived. I however have a different view. I believe that the rose symbolizes the common man and the worm is the upper class/royalty. In blakes time, the common man was unable to avoid the harsh hand of its governent(hence the representation by the immobile rose) the invisible worm is portrayed as a disgusting, yet sly creature that ruins the "rose" have have always felt that the rose is a life lived to its fullest, and the worm is the sorrow and pain inflicted by life and living. if sunlight changes all it touches, then also self observation brings changes in one's understanding of being. and if we are all roses of one form or another, then the most obvious changes are those inflicted by mother nature, or in the case of a person, human nature. life and death rose signifies life and the "invisible worm" is a driving force affecting this rose. sickness doesn't mean death but an affliction of a malady brought by a force either by nature or by a creature deliberately doing something. however, in some analysis, it was found out that this might be a contamination of the purity represented and possessed by the rose. for further analysis, other critics relate this to Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" the poem is about virginity.
Approximate Word count = 1048
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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