Snow in April - "surprised April" - things happening out of sequence - unnatural - unexpected
"snowflakes" - could be blossom and he's seeing something that isn't actually there - imagining there to be snow - illusions
"he is my chameleon, my soft diamond, my deciduous evergreen" - his son is something that can be molded - 'diamond' he's precious to him - something he prides himself of having
"immortal Spring time" - rebirth and things cycles - family cycles
going back into the past - when he was a teenager with his father - " I his duplicate" - a memory of how he is like his father - 'duplicate' relates to 'my chameleon' - father and son - a son adopts the traits of their father
seeing "two white butterflies" causes him to recall the past in the present - represents him and his father
"butterflies" - only live for a day - fleeting - you will die but the cycle keeps going on like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly - links to deciduous evergreen" - the leaves are shed but the tree will always be there
Abse is like the tree and his son is one of the leaves - he will have children - more leaves not he tree - strong image
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