Wars of the Roses and be of no value to a captor. Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, associated with a red rose, and the House of York, whose symbol was a white rose. Eventually, the wars eliminated the male lines of both families. The conflict lasted through many sporadic episodes between 1455 and 1487, but there was related fighting before and after this period between the parties. The power
To the Rose upon the Rood of Time To the Rose upon the Rood of Time "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" is poem by W. B. Yeats that was published in "The Rose" in 1893. The poem is one of many early Yeatsian lyrical poems which utilize the symbol of the rose. The poem has twenty four lines, written in fairly regular iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is "aabbccddeeff gghhiijjkkaa," and the use of the rhyming couplets give the poem its euphonic feel.Poetry Archive Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days! The symbol of the rose in “To the Rose upon the