Today in class there were so many interpretations of the poem "Widow's Lement in Springtime" and I have several opinions on the meaning. First of all, my main inference is that the widow wants to ultimately be with her husband by experiencing death herself. She wants to "fall into the white flowers" and "sink into the marsh". The white flowers represent the joy and peace of the Kingdom of Heaven - an overall positive feeling. The marsh seems to have a more negative meaning. The dirty marsh represents death. No matter the reason (like being with a loved one) death is never a pleasant thing. I also believe the author chose this event to occur in the springtime because of its irony. Usually spring is parallel to new life or birth. In this case, death is the theme set in an unusual spring setting.
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