I agree with you mainly, but I'm not too sure about the "wild oat seed" part. "The silver stream" sounds like semen, to me. That fits in with the next line, too, apart from the word "oat". Maybe that's just poetic licenese.
The silver stream is just that: a stream, where the girl follows the old wive\'s tip of washing out "the wild oats" as a (possibly futile) attempt at avoiding pregnancy.
The silver stream is just that: a stream, where the girl follows the old wive\'s tip of washing out "the wild oats" as a (possibly futile) attempt at avoiding pregnancy.
I agree with you mainly, but I'm not too sure about the "wild oat seed" part. "The silver stream" sounds like semen, to me. That fits in with the next line, too, apart from the word "oat". Maybe that's just poetic licenese.
The silver stream is just that: a stream, where the girl follows the old wive\'s tip of washing out "the wild oats" as a (possibly futile) attempt at avoiding pregnancy.
The silver stream is just that: a stream, where the girl follows the old wive\'s tip of washing out "the wild oats" as a (possibly futile) attempt at avoiding pregnancy.