Flower
The flower represents a woman. The flower is beautiful and its beauty can be compared to the appealing looks of the dead sister.
Lowly Beds
The lowly beds represent the graves. The beautiful sister is resting in her lowly bed which is the grave where she was buried after her death.
Frost
Frost symbolizes disease. The frost is not good for the flower thus it contributes to the death of the flower. The frost represents the disease that caused the death of the speaker’s sister.
South Wind
The south wind symbolizes the young men that loved the dead woman. The wind keeps searching for the dead woman’s fragrance but it cannot find it because the flower cannot emit its sweet fragrance. The fragrance refers the love that the dead woman offered the people that loved her.
Blossom
The blossoming of a flower represents the beauty of a woman.
Cold moist
The cold moist symbolizes the pain that comes with the loss of a loved one. The cold moist creates the image of a sombre environment.
Rain
The rain is symbolic of the tears shed due to the woman’s death.
Autumn Leaves
The autumn leaves symbolize the woman’s family members were affected negatively by her death. The speaker says the leaves are dead, and this means that the leaves have lost the will to live due to the absence of the flower.
