Ring Around The Rosie: Poem Analysis

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We all know the nursery rhymes which we loved as a kid and sing to other children. Most people think of it as a child's song with no other meaning or maybe just a song of history. But they have what we might call a dark side, so prepare yourself for what you're about to here. Let's start with Ring Around the Rosie. Ring Around the Rosie came to be by the “Black Death” outbreak in the 14th century which spread, and killed about 15% of the country's population that's a lot in the 14th century. Falling down at the end of the song represents Death from the sickness. Ring Around the Rosie is representing how easily the Black death spread , and it was the Black Pledge. Now some are more popular than others but, let's talk about Row, Row, Row, Your

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