Well, this was yet another depressing poem. The poem was a bit more straightforward than others; I could tell what was going on. The speaker is depressed because she lost her husband, and I feel the fact that this poem is set in the spring helps demonstrate her depression. Because spring is such a beautiful time of year, only deeply saddened people could not see that beauty. It's a lot more effective than, say, winter because not many people see beauty in winter- it's dark and cloudy and freezing.
This may be a little too far off, but I felt that the "masses of flowers" could remind the woman of the plethora of flowers she received at the funeral. They remind her of that sad time and that is why even the flowers are not beautiful to her.
Also, I found that the "heavy woods" could represent her depressed thoughts. The "trees of white flowers" represent hope and good things that are to come- because hope is usually represented by the color white- but those white flowers are "in the distance" because she is too upset right now to even conceive the idea of moving along and gaining hope again. When she says "I feel that I would like to go there and fall into those flowers and sink into the marsh near them", the speaker could mean she wants to die. That was my first reaction because she wants to sink into the ground. But after reading it again, I think it could mean she wants to become hopeful again soon, she just can't yet. I'm still not sure which is correct, but maybe it's a little of both?
Until Next Time,
Alysse
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