Symbolism

Lace
Border
Picture
Frame
Border

The Picture Frame Border represents the

border of a stationary, which Florentino and
Fermina use to write letters to one another.

Paper
Texture

The paper texture represents the letters

Florentino and Fermina send one another to
express their feelings.

Boat

Marigold

Wedding
Ring

The Lace border represents the widows

Ariza takes advantage of.

The boat represents the company

Florentino eventually owns, the boat that
Florentino rides where he loses his virginity,
and the boat that Florentino and Fermina
decides to stay on in the end of the book.
The marigold represents the deaths of
Amrica Vicua and Juvenal Urbino's deaths
.
The wedding ring represents the wedding of
Juvenal and Fermina and also represents
Florentino's aversion to marriage as he
waits for Juvenal Urbino to die so he can
marry Fermina. It also represents the
original engagement between Florentino
and Fermina.

Clock

The clock represents multiple things. It

represents the time Florentino spends,
waiting for Juvenal to die so he can marry
Fermina. It also represents Florentino spent
improving himself so he could view himself
as fit for Fermina. It also represents the
time Juvenal spends courting Fermina.
Another symbolism would be the time
Fermina spends with her father when he
forced her to go on a journey with him.