The poems narrator is female and portrays to the audience important milestones in her life. We see her meet and fall in love with the man of her dreams, they get married and start a family but sadly in the end he passes away.
Ljóðmælandi er kona sem leiðir áheyrendur í gegnum þýðingarmikla kafla í lífi sínu, allt frá því hún kynnist manni sem hún verður ástfangin af, giftist og eignast barn með en í lok verksins deyr hann.