Question

The nursery rhyme, "Ring Around the Rosie" is said to have its origins with the Black Death. A "rosy" rash would appear as a symptom, then people carried posies, a type of herb as protection to ward off the smell of the disease. Sneezing, coughing, and wheezing until "one falls down" was the final stage before death.

To demonstrate what you have learned about the Black Death, complete one of the following:

Construct a series of stanzas of a poem (like the nursery rhyme) on the origins and spread of the Black Death.

Answer 1

Answer Below:

Step-by-step explanation:

Walking Down the stone street

people coughing by me

Black Rash ~ Black Rash

and None wakes up

Answer 2

describes “Five London Nursery Rhymes Depicting Death and Ruin.” The rhymes in question have diverse origins and histories, but what seems incontrovertible from James FitzGerald’s work is that they describe dark and portentous matters from English history.