The symbolism behind roses has always fascinated me. It is something that people put far too little stock into. Red roses for example, symbolize deepest love and respect. However you will see couples throwing them at each other. I would never give someone a red rose unless I was absolutely certain I was either going to marry them or I did indeed love them that much. That last sentence is a bit ambiguous but that is because it is possible to fall in love with someone you cannot be with. Tragedy truly is the cornerstone of literature.
Anyways back on track here is the list of roses;
- Red: love, used to say "I love you," but also stands for courage and respect.
- Red & White Together or White Roses with Red Edges signify unity and togetherness.
- Pink: symbolizes grace, sophistication and elegance. Also symbolizes gentle feelings of love and friendship.
- Dark Pink: Gratefulness and appreciation.
- Light Pink: Admiration, sympathy
- White: Innocence, purity, secrecy, friendship, reverence and humility.
- Yellow: Often akin to joy and deep friendship or platonic love. In German speaking countries, however, they can mean jealousy and infidelity.
- Yellow with red tips: Friendship, falling in love
- Orange or Coral symbolizes enthusiasm and desire
- Burgundy: Beauty
- Blue: Mystery
- Green: Calm
- Black: used to signify death (black being the color of death) often of old habits. In a positive light it signifies rebirth after death. Also, slavish devotion (as a true black rose is impossible to produce).
- Purple: protection (paternal/maternal love)
PS I think I like writing less about my day to day life. More about the interesting thoughts. If you want to know about day to day I suppose you will have to ask me. Mwaha.
4 comments:
Very good... i like reading interesting thoughts of Matt McIsaac... hmf
I would have to say my favourites are Pink and White... and they were before i heard the discription...
but that was very interesting Matthew...
Aw.
I love white ones.
Those are really the only ones I would want. Red are okay though.
I like your interesting thoughts. Just make time for the school too kay? :P.
I got a white rose once, and when I got home I googled it because I didn't know what it symbolized.
I've never seen a real black rose before...I bet it would look cool though.
Nice Post Matt....
i was going to bash myself down there but thought otherwise, you should be a tinny bit proud =P
but huh, not sure what i was going to say, i lost all the thoughts in my head just then....
well the white rose is my favorit, the the red and then the pink.....not really in the order, well, red, white, pink, and then black, i love black roses...even though they sorta look purple, i still love them
anyhoo, i'll probably end up talking about this topic with you at some point in the next day or so.
-ace-
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