See? The Innocence ones are pallid milksop imitations of poetry, designed to make us all gag (yak). The Experience ones are, at best, strange and at worst, nonsensical. The imagery in The Sick Rose does suggest that Blake was thinking about sex - but beyond that, honestly, it is all guesswork. People have debated it over and over, and there are no real, satisfying answers. Pah.
kiwiqueen - 5. Mar, 16:52
Yes. You were right all along. Had to be experienced (Ha!) to be believed, and here we are, two years later...
:-D