The Orchard fruits symbolize the true power of being able to persuade people with high quality goods that can satisfy their true pleasure. In the poems, the goblins cry out to get the sisters attention by persuading them with their goods to bring them closer. In the poem they chant “Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpeck’d cherries, Melons and raspberries, Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches, Swart-headed mulberries, Wild free-born cranberries, Crab-apples, dewberries, Pine-apples, blackberries, Apricots, strawberries;— All ripe together In summer weather,— Morns that pass by, Fair eves that fly; come buy, come buy: Our grapes fresh from the vine, Pomegranates full and fine, Dates and sharp bullaces, Rare pears greengages, Damsons and bilberries, Taste them and try: Currants and gooseberries, Bright-fire-like barberries, Figs to fill your mouth, Citrons from the South, Sweet to tongue and sound to eye; Come buy, come buy.” Only one of the sisters are persuaded by the goblins and her name is Laura. Lizze the sister who is trying to tell Laura to stay away, is more aware of what the Goblins really want from them is fighting to keep her sister from going but Laura tells Lizze “Look, Lizzie, look, Lizzie, Down the glen tramp little men. One hauls a basket, one bears a plate, one lugs a golden dish of many …show more content…
For the “lady of shallot” sometimes reality isn’t what it seems and life reflecting from the mirror can lead you to danger. Symbolism is a great way to express something with a wider meaning and is still used to this day. Everything around you can be used as a symbol to describe a deeper mean so let the symbolism legacy continue and search for deeper