Part One: Topic 2
2. Explain how the blackberries, the birds, and the flies are contextual symbols.
I think the blackberries are being used to represent a person’s life. In the beginning of a journey, the blackberries are ripe. The “blackberry alley” end in the second stanza. In the third stanza, “of white and pewter lights” could represent the end of the journey.
The birds she identified as choughs. They resemble a crow. Crows are often used to symbolize, or relate to death. Crows can also be used to represent mourning a death, or to predict a death. The crows were noisy and flew around in the sky. This can portray the thought of death always lurking around and being brought to our attention.
The flies around the bush of blackberries
2. Explain how the blackberries, the birds, and the flies are contextual symbols.
I think the blackberries are being used to represent a person’s life. In the beginning of a journey, the blackberries are ripe. The “blackberry alley” end in the second stanza. In the third stanza, “of white and pewter lights” could represent the end of the journey.
The birds she identified as choughs. They resemble a crow. Crows are often used to symbolize, or relate to death. Crows can also be used to represent mourning a death, or to predict a death. The crows were noisy and flew around in the sky. This can portray the thought of death always lurking around and being brought to our attention.
The flies around the bush of blackberries