In the poem The Lamb, and the poem The Sick Rose, William Blake speaks in first person as though he is talking to someone. In The Lamb, Blake is talking to a lamb about the existence of that lamb and asking questions such as who created it, and who commands the lamb. In the second verse of the poem Blake continues on in first person, explaining to the lamb exactly who made it and who was responsible for giving it life. In The Sick Rose, Blake also uses the first person to talk to the "sick rose". He uses the first person tense to tell the "rose" about the worm that has found out it's bed and destroyed life.
In the poem The Sick Rose, William Blake does a great job of using words in a creative way so as to create an imagery that makes it possible to interpret the poem in many different ways. Blake speaks of a sick rose that has been destroyed by an "invisible worm that flies in the nite." (Blake, 2-3) He also speaks of how the worm has found out the "bed of crimson joy" and how......
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