A Red, Red Rose Themes
Love
"A Red, Red Rose" is one of the most famous love poems in the English language, and it's pretty clear why—the entire poem is an expression of the speaker's powerful, undying love. Line after line...
Man and the Natural World
Rocks, seas, sand, roses—there's plenty of nature in "A Red, Red Rose." It almost seems as if the speaker can't describe his love without mentioning some part of the natural world (the seas, rock...
Time
"A Red, Red Rose" has time on its side. Scratch that. "A Red, Red Rose" blows time out of the water. Sure, the lovers may be apart for a while, but that's no matter because their love transcends ti...