Symbols

Definition:

Symbol-A symbol is somthing that represents something else in an indirect way. They could represent anything.

Example:

The winter apples have been picked, the garden turned.
Rain and wind have picked the maple leaves and gone.
The last of them now bank the house or have been burned.
None are left upon the trees or on the lawn.
-Robert Francis

Significance:

The importance of symbols are to help explain things in poems easier. For example, the poem above could symbolize the life of a person.