Ode "On the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfish"

I actually found this particular poem quite funny. In reading this poem I found that this could be a metaphor for narcissism and quite possible a warning for the youth. Gray describes the cat as a "fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purred applause." in lines 7 through 12 of the poem. This can be interpreted as simply describing the cat, a metaphor for wealth, or quite possible a metaphor for youth. The "fair round face" could easily be a parallel for a youthful attractive person. "The snowy beard," could be the snow as being pure and young. Ears "jet" black as a void could be a message of how a young person doesn't hear what the world has to say yet and "emerald eyes" could be how the youth is green or naïve to certain aspects of life. As the cat looks in the water at it's own reflection this could be as how sometimes young people spend so much time thinking everything is about them and that they quite possibly spend to much time being concerned with self-centered thoughts. The fish that swim with their golden gleam could represent the allure of a shiny prize. This could be the glitz and glamour of a lifestyle or the fish scales could represent a darker path to substance abuse. Ultimately the cat drowns in the water going after the prize. This could be a metaphor for a person losing their youth to pursuing a pipe dream such as a musician that gets caught up in sex, drugs, and rock and roll but loses their innocence and maybe even their lives. All in vein because they were too hard headed and selfish to see what was happening.