Big surprise. Emily couldn't let the poem end without taking a parting shot at God, at the guy she loves to hate and hates to love. First, we go though this semi-sad scene of a Flower being murdered by the Frost. Then we're told that the Sun doesn't care about it. And now we're told that God is looking down on it all and patting himself on the back for a job well done. Yeah, there's a good chance that this poem is going after God with a satirical bite. How could anybody with a heart look down on Death without thinking it's a little sad at least? okay, okay. To play Devil's advocate-well, maybe we should say God's advocate we could also read the poem as not being an attack on God. What if it's simply framing the cycle of life and death and the fact that God created it? If a person loves God, then he or she has to love everything God created. Even if it seems cruel to us, we might as well get over it. Could the poem be saying that we all ought to be more like the flower and be happy as we die? You tell us, Shmoopers.