The Nightingale and The Rose

1) Find symbols
- Rose: Unrequited love
- Student: Naïveté
- Girl: Materialism
- Nightingale: Devotion, virtue, goodness
- Oak Tree: Wisdom

2) Examples:
Simile: His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom.
Metaphor: Sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.
Personification: The little lizard, who was something of a cynic...
Alliteration: Suddenly she spead.
Assonance: But go to my brother who grows...
Consonance: Bluebells

3) To begin with, a rose can be compared with a love life in our present society. Actually in a relationship, there are many obstacles to overcome and some may be difficult; while others are easier. In a rose, those obstacles are thorns. They have sharp edges, and may hurt a person, when it is touched, but the flower is a beauty. That is what love is. In other words, at the end, love is what you get. We can take the Nightingale as an example. She gave herself until death with a thorn, and at the end, she got the prize for the Student. This is what overcoming an obstacle means. You fight them when you meet them, and won't stop until you succeed. This is an act of faith, and courage, determination and a true proof of love.

Then again, in The Nightingale and the Rose, when the Student gets the rose and gives it to the girl he fancies, she completely rejects him. For her, the rose has no true meaning, no true value, compared to the jewely she received. This is proof that love is fragile, that it can crumble in the blink of an eye, and that it can fade with time. Moreover, when the rose is crushed by the tire, it can be compared with a broken heart. All your hard work to get the prize was for nothing. You fall back at the bottom of the ladder and you have to start over. Of course, when you fall, you get bruises and sometimes graver injuries, so it is normal that you can start again and climb the ladder, you must heal. Finaly, a rose is the greatest symbol of love.