What are some words associated with death in the first two paragraphs of "The Scarlet Ibis"?I really don't know, and I have a paper with a question...

These bold-faced words are all directly from the text, the
words behind them are an analysis of how or why they can be associated with
death.

summer was dead - So
summer was over, it had stopped or ceased.

bleeding tree (x2)- Often before death, people bleed. Watch
throughout the story for references to
RED!

rotting brown magnolia
petals - When something is rotting it is in a state of decay. This is
after death has occured.

five o'clocks by the
chimney still marked time - Many references to time will occur in this
story, but to associate time with death, I think you could take this from the
perspective that every living thing will die and has a set TIME that they will endure
life before that moment of death
occurs.

graveyard flowers
- Graveyards are places where dead people are buried, and flowers are
used to celebrate their lives. In these lines, the flowers are still blooming and
celebrating life.

names of our dead
- We remember lives of those who have gone on before
us.

die up in
the leaves - Die is in this
phrase.

grindstone (x2) - This
is another allusion to time.