Tinct - “Beloved”
Fields writes, “What is age?/Tinct on life's illumined page,” the aging course is parallel to shade that tints the radiance of life. The ‘illumined page’ is emblematic of youngness that will dwindles due to aging.
Flower - “Girl”
Michael Field likens a girl to “A face flowered for heart’s ease.” The emblematic flower portrays a girl’s tenderness and susceptibility. Girlhood is augmented by the charm that the flower personifies.
Silence - “Power in Silence”
Silence is more authoritative than loudness: “ She does not love me less/For her royal, jewelled speechlessness,/She is the sapphire, she the light,/The music in the pearl.” The representative jewel, sapphire and pearl augment the muscle and exquisiteness of love. The ‘she’ champions a love that could not be publicized by songs and chants. The she’s embrace of silence implies that her compelling love is indescribable.
Dove - “Power in Silence”
The dove embodies warm and captivating love: “She is a dove/My soul draws to its breast; her sobbing/Is for the warm dark there!” clearly, she adores the speaker unreservedly. The devotion is depicted by the enthralling breast which allurements the speaker.
