<em>This is because when it is talking about </em><em><u>petals</u></em><em>, it is refuring to </em><em><u>life</u></em><em>. But pettals on a </em><em><u>wet black bough</u></em><em> means that it is refurring to </em><em><u>death.</u></em><em> The two lines are completely contridickting each other.</em>