2
What is the effect of the worm on the rose? What is the effect of the rose on the
worm
3.
How does the poet use night and howling storm' and 'found out to describe
the worm?
Exercise C
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Instead
teeth, humpbacks have thick, hair-like bristles called baleen that
hang
the gum and serve as a food-filtration system. Ropes had cut their
way
the whale's mouth and were tangled
the baleen. Russey
gripped the whale's lower lip and reached inside her mouth to tug out pieces that
could keep her feeding. The huge mammal opened and closed her mouth
as he tugged, but remained motionless the water
a.
Change from active to passive voice.
Babasaheb Ambedkar launched active movements against mucha
b. Blake included "The Sick Rose" in Songs of Experience.
C The government held elections according to schedule.
Answers
Explanation:
William Blake has stated in the poem “The Sick Rose” that a rose is attacked by the worm at night in the howling storm. In the poet’s imagination the attack on the crimson coloured rose is an expression of love on the part of the worm for the rose. Since the rose remains unaware of that love it is said to be secret. The word dark suggests the evil intention of the worm’s love which ultimately leads to rose’s ruin.
The worm has destroyed the life of the rose. It finds the crimson bed of rose in the stormy night. It gets merriment from the pain of the rose and leads to its end.
William Blake’s poem “The Sick Rose” portrays a diseased rose whose crimson coloured bed is attacked by the invisible worm in stormy night. This onslaught to the impeccable and beautiful rose may be taken as an expression of love on the part of the worm. But this love is vicious as it makes the flower ailing and ultimately leads to death. Rose can be taken as the symbol of a fair girl and the worm like an evil force destroys its life. They have a loveless kinship and their love moves forward at the cost of the life of the rose. From the perspective of innocence and experience this poem is said to dramatise the passage from innocence to experience suggested by the rose and the worm respectively