First death in Nova Scotia - Bishop

1st stanza, repetition of cold + pale = associated with death

In the cold, cold palle

1st stanza, metaphor for death + point of view of a child experiencing death for the first time

A stuffed loon / shot and stuffed

2nd stanza, sensuous language + death never actually mentioned, only described trough the eyes of a child

White, frozen lake, the marble-topped table

3rd stanza, flower metaphor for purity of Arthur

One lily of the valley to put in Arthur’s hand

3rd stanza, metaphor for coffin + child-like imagery

Little frosted cake

4th stanza, similae + repetition of white

All white, like a doll

4th stanza, metaphor for death + allusion

Jack Frost had dropped the brush and left him white, forever

5th stanza, Bishop convinces herself that Arthur was called to the court of the royal family- childish imagination

They invited Arthur to be the smallest page at court