Because the Bee May Blameless Hum
poem 869
Because the Bee May Blameless Hum - meaning Summary
Worship Through Transformation
The poem presents a speaker proposing self-transformation as an act of devotion. She offers to become a bee, a flower, or to take wings, petals, or a humble "dower of buzz" so she can approach and honor the beloved safely and appropriately. Images of bees, flowers, and robins suggest different modes of being—service, beauty, and natural ease—while the speaker emphasizes blamelessness and willingness to adapt. Overall the poem frames worship as humble, imaginative metamorphosis: the lover will change form to remain near and to celebrate the beloved without harm or presumption.
Read Complete AnalysesBecause the Bee may blameless hum For Thee a Bee do I become List even unto Me. Because the Flowers unafraid May lift a look on thine, a Maid Alway a Flower would be. Nor Robins, Robins need not hide When Thou upon their Crypts intrude So Wings bestow on Me Or Petals, or a Dower of Buzz That Bee to ride, or Flower of Furze I that way worship Thee.
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