I Keep My Pledge
poem 46
hope
lyric poem
gentle
I keep my pledge. I was not called Death did not notice me. I bring my Rose. I plight again, By every sainted Bee By Daisy called from hillside by Bobolink from lane. Blossom and I Her oath, and mine Will surely come again.
I Keep My Pledge - meaning Summary
Vow Tied to Nature
The speaker affirms a vow of constancy and renewal despite absence of death’s notice. Presenting a rose, she reasserts a pledge witnessed by natural figures—the bee, the daisy, the bobolink—linking human promise to seasonal or spiritual return. The poem frames loyalty as part of a wider cycle: personal oath and nature’s testimony together assure that the promised reunion or recurrence will happen again.
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