Identify and discuss one symbol or motif in ""The Masque of the Red Death"". Explain it means and how it contribute to the mood and theme of the story. You must use direct evidence and proper in-text citation to support your response.

In the first line of the poem, the poet likens himself to a natural object, a cloud. in contrast, the last line of the second stanza, "tossing their heads in sprightly dance," personifies daffodils, which are natural objects. what do these two devices together suggest?