"...with the cold fire that closes round me this year."
The above quote is an example of an oxymoron because cold and fire do not go together as fire is a source of heat. The poet combined these words to make this phrase have a negative or depressing connotation. In the poem, the widow is walking around her yard, being constantly reminded of her dead husband with the yellow and red flowers on the branches of the trees. I think that there is also some symbolism for the type of settings described. The yard represents her entire life. The meadows symbolize the joys of her life. The heavy woods demonstrate her times of trouble, and the marsh might represent death. The white flowered trees off in the distance represent heaven or her eternal joy when she can finally see her husband again. Overall, I liked this poem because I could understand it a little better than the last one.
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