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''...and there are pansies. That's for thoughts.'' Pansies not only stand for remembrance, but they also carry with them a meaning of togetherness and union. When Ophelia mentions the pansies she is again discussing her father's passing. She is reiterating the pain and sorrow of his loss and her desire to remember him and keep her thoughts close to him.
''There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember.'' Rosemary does symbolize remembrance and is often used in funeral wreaths. The mentioning of the flower is directly discussing the current loss of her father Polonius.
''...there's fennel for you,'' to Lord Claudius. Like most flowers and herbs fennel carries more than one meaning to it. At the time it was a popular belief that fennel would cast away evil spirits. Ophelia giving fennel to King Claudius is more of a declaration that he himself is evil.
''There's a daisy.'' A white daisy is a symbol of innocence.
''I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died.'' Both violets and daisys stand for innocence, but violets also carry meanings of faithfulness, humility, and chastity. Ophelia expresses with the withering of the violets that she is no longer innocent and that her chastity was taken by Prince Hamlet, which was also hinted at earlier in the play. Ophelia's remark as to their being a daisy can be analyzed to it being her father who was innocent or her brother, but she makes sure to let everyone none that her innocence withered away when her father died.
Ophelia: Princess of Petals
