Question

I have to choose a poem to analyze and it has to be classroom appropriate. I was wondering is the poem "The Sick Rose" by William Blake appropriate for a grade 12 classroom?

Thanks (posted the poem below)

O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

Answer 1

IMO ... borderline!!

Try one of these:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377

http://www.online-literature.com/hardy/909/

I taught both of these in 12th grade English.