A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Explained
In this piece, Henry King compares flowers to human beings. He contemplates about how flowers are admiral and some what humble where as humans are proud.He admires their acceptance of death as they "see" their death bed. He wishes that there would be no death and that it will always be forever spring. Henry was inspired to write this piece by the passing of his wife and children.As a lover of nature, he sits in his garden...alone, and contemplates about the flowers, and compares and contrasts them, where humans are considered.