The line “the cherry hung with snow” actually
depicts the comparison of spring and winter. This results
from interpreting “snow” in the last line to be a metaphor for the cherry blossoms. Although the interpretation is not impossible,
the poem’s realization is greater if “snow” is meant
literally. Thus, the speaker or author solves a problem: rather than having to look at
the cherry wearing white fifty more times, he doubles his opportunities.
