having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something elsethe butterfly in the poem is symbolic of the impermanence of youth
the butterfly in the poem is symbolic of the impermanence of youth
emblematic(also emblematical), representational, representative
figural, figurative, metaphoric(or metaphorical), tropologicalallegorical
nonsymbolic
actual, literal
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