The rise of Roses Are Red #content has been aided by an account, launched in August, called No Chill Poetry. Roses are red, Violets are blue, /dPakBywmoL- LADbible July 28, 2016 Violets are good /mScb1OJf9y- Harry Robinson August 8, 2016 Violets are blue /jLI6vcJYjX- soupz :) July 30, 2016 Roses are red, violets are blue /l1DTA1T4Md- elliot July 30, 2016 The best recent example is this reaction to Jerry Seinfeld’s good news that he might make a sequel to Bee Movie(which is a meme in its own right):īut the trend has been building for some time, and seems to be reaching a peak: Check it: A variation of “roses are red / violets are blue” is followed a screengrab of a headline or a YouTube video title that completes the rhyme and serves as the punchline. A meme, yes, but not one particular to the internet and social media.Ī more recent mutation, though, is possible only in the contemporary garbage heap of online. Weird Twitter went through a fruitful “roses are red” phase back in early 2015, but twisting a rhyme that dates back to the 16th century isn’t exactly an internet meme. It clocks in at far fewer than 140 characters and is formulaic enough to subvert for laughs. “Roses are red / violets are blue,” probably the most famous and basic opening in all of poetry, is a perfect fit for Twitter.
