The Rationale:

The theme behind “The Whitérose Tree” was based on Art Nouveau and the Victorian Era - nobility, prostitution, and suppression of women. Leading to the Victorian dress, accessories and curling plant like forms. The dullish colours and earthen tones used are to give the graphic a very sober feeling, very much like Victorian art, and reminding one of nature as well. The red roses act as a focal point and are a representation of love, which relates to the poem. The bit about turning into a tree was meant to represent the cleansing of oneself, by returning to Mother Earth.