I will help you get started on this, but it will be more
fun for you to figure out all of the symbols.
I think
that this poem is a lament for a lost love. The poem is written in the past tense, as a
memory. The speaker states that she was thinking about her love "on that day" but now,
that day is only a memory, just like the memory of her grandmother. The memory of the
love is not bitter or angry, but nostalgic, just like her memories of her
grandmother.
It is springtime, when everything is green and
new growth is appearing, but there is also rain, which is usually a symbol or metaphor
for tears, or sadness. The rain is like "long veils" - again, a veil is a symbol of
mourning, probably for things that no longer exist -- like her love and like her
grandmother.
So, now that I have explained this, look at
the second stanza. There are several things that could be symbols: green carpets,
geraniums, a trilling canary (notice, it is NOT a silent canary), the parlour (which IS
silent), rain and wind.....Can you see how these elements of nature are used in the poem
to convey different feelings towards the love and towards the
grandmother?
Good luck!
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