William Blake's "Ah! Sunflower" is about a person's wait to get into heaven. His choice of words and his use of imagery really show the reader what he's trying to say.

The poem is about a youth that is worn out by his life and is just counting down the days of his life. We know that it is a younger person that Blake is referring to because he calls the person "Sun-flower." The reason why this gives away the hint that the person is young is that he is calling the person by the name of a flower, which normally is in reference to newness, or youth. The idea that this person is just counting down the hours of his life is supported in Blake's poem in the line "Who countest the steps of the sun." To "countest" is to count something. What is being counted is...