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Title of "The Sick Rose" ?

what is supposed to be sick? help

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In the poem, The Sick Rose, the rose is a symbol of innocence. The speaker notes the rose (the girl) is sick, and that the worm (phallus) has killed the rose or in context, taken the girl's viriginity and ruined her life.

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The Sick Rose