In The Sick Rose, the Rose is love, and the invisible worm represents conventional morality and the possessive jealousy, which it encourages.
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.
I like this next poem, because it is so different from all the other poems, which always praise the Rose, this one is critical of it.
The Lilly
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble Sheep a threatning horn;
While the Lilly white shall in Love delight,
Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright.
Eternity
He who binds to himself a joy
Doth the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternitys sun rise.
This following verse provides us with hopelessness and lose-lose situation of life.
"If you trap the moment before its ripe,
The tears of repentance youll certainly wipe;
But if once you let the moment go
You can never wipe off the tears of woe."
Ziegrid's Personal Poetry
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