Blue Eyes - Margaret
The speaker observes, “Her eyes—upon a summer's day/God's skies are not more blue than they.” The milieu of summer accentuates the grandness of Margaret’s superlative blue eyes. The eyes are symbols of Margaret’s uncorrupted persona.
June - “Youth and June”
The speaker asserts, “I was your lover, long ago, sweet June.” June is a motif for unqualified, prospering love, for the month is situated in the summer.
Gold - “At Quebec”
Quebec’s eminence is golden and “She lies touched with the sunset’s golden grace.” Gold represents Quebec’s extraordinary grandeur that outstrips its age. The city has not misplaced is charm with the lapse time.
The Morning Star - “What Time the Morning Stars Arise”
The morning star is enigmatic because, “ABOVE him spreads the purple sky,/ Beneath him spreads the ether sea,/And everywhere about him lie.” The star is bordered by mysterious space; still, the mystery does not encumber it from emerging and flickering every morning though.
