suffering life finds peace again The snow becomes a symbol of both ending and beginning Image Of Silence And Stillness The slow movement of the white funeral cloth gives a feeling of silence and stillness The poet says White funeral cloth is slowly unrolled It spreads without noise by showing the quiet power of nature This silence reflects spiritual peace where both the earth and the poet s heart rest together The snow does not destroy it heals through its softness Spiritual Meaning Of Death The line over deathless earth adds a deeper spiritual idea Though the earth seems covered in death it is actually deathless This means life continues beneath the snow Okara shows that death is only a pause not an end Nature s spirit always remains alive The white funeral cloth is a strong symbol of death purity and peace It joins life and death in one calm picture Through this image Gabriel Okara teaches that death is not destruction but a quiet return to nature s eternal rest and purity nbsp