• 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.
  • Hand-coloured print, issued c.1826. A copy held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. "The Sick Rose" is a poem by William Blake...
  • The Sick Rose” is one of William Blake's most hotly contested poems—there are many theories out there as to what the poem means!
  • This sickness is caused by the “invisible worm.” ... In the second stanza of ‘The Sick Rose,’ the speaker goes detail by detail, increasing the tension.
  • Many different interpretations have been offered, so below we sketch out some of the possible ways of analysing ‘The Sick Rose’ in terms of its imagery.
  • 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...
  • The Sick Rose - William Blake - Read by Mimi Khalvati. ... O Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm
  • The Sick Rose by William Blake. O rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm
  • In this collection of poems, William Blake creates an in-depth analysis of the age of maturity as he creates in “The Sick Rose”.
  • Cover art for The Sick Rose by William Blake. ... O Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm.