We all know the first two lines. It's the last two lines that either endear us to the one we love or make sure that we are eligible to get free chicken wings at Hooters on Valentine's Day. Show This sweet and simple poem conjures up romantic images of flowers and beauty. It also gives the writer a chance to express himself or herself in a most memorable way. Writing a poem always makes it seem like you really took the time to think about the one you cherish. It doesn't matter if you stole it off the internet, chances are they won't ever know if you clear your browser history. The poem, like you need to be told, starts off like this:
Whatever comes next, depends on you. Did you see what I did there? Where did that poem come from? It has to have been around for a long time for it to be so commonplace in our romantic psyche. The fact is, it has been around since the late 1500's. Some attribute the poem to Sir Edmund Spenser. Similar lines of the poem as we know it were penned in his book entitled The Faerie Queene.
However, a version of the roses and violets rhyme that most of us are familiar with is attributed to Gammer Gurton's Garland 1784 collection of English Nursery Rhymes.
And now you know the rest of the story on a poem that will be repeated and rewritten often over the next few days. If you'd like to create your own version of this Valentine's classic, here are some suggestions and words you might use to make your original poem stand out for the one that you love. Here is my own version for your romantic enjoyment.
"Roses red, and violets blew” comes from Edmund Spenser’s epic poem, The Faerie Queene (1590). In the 1800s, the line “roses are red, violets are blue” was used at the start of several love poems. In the May 1854 issue of The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine was: “Roses is red violets blue sugar is sweet and so are you.” This “sugar is sweet” version has remained popular, especially on Valentine’s Day cards. Bobby Vinton’s song “Roses Are Red” (1962) popularized this verse: “Roses are red, my love. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet as you.” Wikipedia: Roses are red Roses are red, The origins of the poem may be traced to the following lines written in 1590 by Sir Edmund Spenser from his epic The Faerie Queene (Book Three, Canto 6, Stanza 6): It was upon a Sommers shynie day, In common English this reads: It was upon a summer’s
shiny day, A nursery rhyme significantly closer to the modern cliché Valentine’s Day poem can be found in Gammer Gurton’s Garland, a 1783 collection of English nursery rhymes. It is a lyrical adaptation of the traditional English folk song “Lavender Blue”. Roses are red, diddle, diddle Wikipedia: Roses Are Red Google Books Google Books Google Books 29 June 1869, Port Jervis (NY) Evening Gazette, pg. 2, col. 3:
Google Books Google Books Historic Missouri Newspaper Project Jan. the 31st, 1879. 8 July 1881, Georgia Weekly Telegraph, “How Sugar is Adulterated in Various Ways”
(Philadelphia Press), pg. 7: Google Books “‘The rose is pink, 14 July 1883, Texas Siftings, “The Horse Reporter” (Chicago Tribune), pg. 6: 14 February 1894, Worcester (MA) Daily Spy, “St. Valentine’s Day,” pg. 4: “The rose is red, the
violet blue, 28 July 1894, Galveston (TX) Daily News, pg. 5, col. 2: 27 October 1902, Galveston (TX) Daily News, pg. 8, col. 5: Roses red What type of poem is Roses Are Red violets are blue?"Roses Are Red" is the name of a love poem and children's rhyme with Roud Folk Song Index number 19798. It has become a cliché for Valentine's Day, and has spawned multiple humorous and parodic variants. And so are you.
What is figurative description of Roses Are Red?Roses are red: The meaning of roses varies according to their color; the red rose is one of the flowers most associated with Valentine's Day because of its connotations of love, passion, desire, and beauty. To give a red rose is to say, “I love you.”
Is Roses Are Red violets are blue a cliche?The 'roses are red, violets are blue' cliché is recorded as far back as 1784, in Gammer Gurton's Garland, an anthology of English nursery rhymes.
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