What does Derozio say about the father and mother of the girl?

Answer:  The poet Derozio, at the very beginning of the poem has declared that as if the girl is is fatted to suffer in her life. He also gives the reasons of her suffering. The poet tells us how the girl has become an orphan. Her father is a soldier. When the war starts, he joins the war and while showing his bravery he dies at the battlefield with a harsh experience and deep wound of war. To him as if the grave is the reward of war.

On the other hand, his wife i.e. the girl's mother soon becomes a widow. But she cannot tolerate the role of a widow. Due to sorrow and extreme anguish, that woman dies and leaves that infant girl orphan.