A flower was offered 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.
Then I went to my pretty rose tree,
To tend her by day and by night;
But my rose turned away with jealousy,
And her thorns were my only delight.
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Very subtle and cleverly written
To me this poem tells a story of a flower being offered a beautiful maiden, so very beautiful. But I said I've a pretty rose tree, as we know there is a big difference with a rose tree, for a tree has roots, stability, rooted in the earth, security, branches with pretty buds, perhaps a family, and leaves and roses that cast a shade and a sweet aroma, aroof over his head, a supper on the table, and also a beautiful rose of a wife.
So although this flower (maiden) is passed over, for the beautiful rose tree ( wife and family, home and security) The rose turns away in jealousy, and the sting of her tongue, her bitterness, was all he got. In other words, it sounds like he's in the dog house, makes you wonder why was the maiden flower offered in the first place, was there a flirtation going on, hence the thorns!? -
This is little hard to undrestand ,but I liked it.
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beautifuuullllllllllllllll
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Could someone explain this poem to me?
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A very sweet way of looking at
his love, perhaps Catherine his wife,
and normal as it may seem, when Blake
refers to the rose as it turned on him
with jealousy, even God himself places
a godly jealousy for those that turn to
the love of other gods, says so in the
ten commandments, anyway with Blake's ending
love how he refers the torns with
the jealousy of his rose!
Nice to read again! -
ouchies Mr. Blake
perhaps you should have given it some blood and bone
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm time for a winter pruning perhaps??
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