William Blake My Pretty Rose Tree
"My Pretty Rose-Tree," written by William Blake, is a poem of love, jealousy, and sorrow. This eight-line poem, following the abab acac rhyme pattern, is full of strong symbolism and a great deal of personification, all used in an attempt to express the narrator's feelings. William Blake brings the flowers alive with the personified characteristics he has given to them. Blake is describing a man who is completely in-love with one women, while at the same time he is being tempted by another. This man's love for his lady at home is so great that he "passed the sweet-flower o'er" (Line 4) and returns home. When he tells his lady of the encounter she leaves him because of extreme jealousy. This poem seems like it could be a wonderful love poem with the whole rose/flower theme, but it turns into a sorrowful disaster story leaving all three characters in the poem devastated and alone. Blake's great use of symbolism brings the poem to life. "And her thorns were my only delight" (Line 8). This line fits the poem so perfectly. Such a delicate flower is the rose, but if one is not careful the thorns can break the skin and cause great pain. This describes exactly how the man is feeling in the poem. This man deserves great pity, because h
This lack of classification is what makes the Lily so beautiful, so pure, so "White. These two poems in particular use flowers to symbolize beauty/purity, and the thorns of a rose symbolize the downside to love, or the heartbrokenness. Barbara Lloyd-Evans, Five Hundred Years Of English Poetry: Chaucer to Arnold. My Pretty Rose-TreeA flower was offer'd to me,Such a flower as May never bore;But I said "I've a Pretty Rose-tree,'And I passed the sweet flower o'er. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989. "My Pretty Rose-Tree" deals more with jealousy and sorrow, while "The Lily" is just describing the love and lust for the perfect person. He then turns to a lily instead of a rose to describe beautiful purity. What is a guy supposed to do? William Blake's "The Lily" is a great poem of love and beauty. William Blake The LilyThe modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble Sheep a threat'ning horn;While the Lily white shall in Love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. Many of Blake's poems deal with flowers, gardens, and nature, which are symbolic of his unconditional love for a specific person. Blake tries to give love a name, or a category, when he knows that it is not possible to do such a thing. These four lines of poetry are packed full with descriptive symbolisms. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989.
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