After the wolf is subdued, the man begins to examine death's place in the world. Between lines 62 to 65, the author shows the man's internal monologue detailing his new thoughts about death. “But that cannot be held can never be held and is not a flower but is swift and a huntress and the wind itself is terrified of it and the world cannot lose it.” In this quote the author uses a flower to symbolize life. The text says that death is not a flower and cannot be held back, but it terrifies both humanity and nature. A flower is a living, but not sentient, physical object that can be held in the hand. A flower is used to symbolize something similar to death. A flower is a delicate object that can be crushed even with the slightest force, but it also has a self-defense system, thorns. The flower is the symbol of life and the "swift hunter" is the symbol of death. When something dies, it is the end of existence, and existence is all that a life form knows. As a result, everything in our world is afraid of the inexplicable and the unknown, which is