It seems Blake feels a huge miscarriage of justice has undergone, and he is trying to establish truth within his misguided society.
The usage of flowers in these songs, "rose" and "blossom" gives more conformation they are linked. However, the outcomes to the flowers are vastly different. In "The Sick Rose" the flower; considered a national symbol of love and beauty, is destructed by a worm; a symbol for jealously and fear when considering the "eating away" we"d usually associate with worms, of a phallic suggestion, and an unwelcome one at that, and even perhaps of a sick and doomed government. If we see the "English Rose" as the theme, of the future and it's children, Blake uses the worm to symbolise his worst fear for his country's morrow. .
"The Blossom" represents growth and potential, the word in itself conjures up visions of birth and beauty. This poem is obviously close to Blake's emotional self, as the repeated line "Near my Bosom," suggests. One of the birds, the sparrow, is "merry" in the song, and the other, the robin, is "sobbing"; yet both are equally valid to Blake. As he holds both to his heart, the importance of natural love is cast upon us, whether it good or bad emotion involved, neither is secretive.
The simple style of both these poems works to the advantage of showcasing an elaborate theme rather than snazzy wordplay and rhyming. "The Sick Rose" is based on two verses of quatrain. "The Blossom" uses repetition to underline certain points, as well as drawing a more distinctive contrast between the two verses. The nursery rhyme rhythm of the poems adds a childlike quality, which appears conventional for "The Blossom", yet is very ironic for both when we realise the salacious tone of "The Sick Rose". Blake's individuality worked very well with his ideas as he stood out from his contemporaries with challenging concepts submerged with his ballad-like writing.
