The Sick Rose: Songs Of Experience

Question 1

What is the summary/context

Answer 1

-elements romanticism — Ind rev caused illness, death + corruption
-man polluting nature with industrialisation
-Rousseau — human beings good by nature but are corrupt by society
-phallic imagery — sexual love, prostitution, corrupted marriage + prostitution
-‘worm’ — represents societal issues + ‘invisibility’ society’s desire ignore these issues wilfully

Question 2

What is the rhyme scheme + structure

Answer 2

-ABCB stanza 2 — poem lacks latter refkectung chaos at eng at time
-ominous rhyme
-Ind rev, prostitution, corruption + need for societal change
-2 quatrains — regular length stanzas contrasts to irregular rhyme scheme