Like Flowers, That Heard the News of Dews
poem 513
Like Flowers, That Heard the News of Dews - meaning Summary
Grace Arrives Like Dew
Dickinson uses natural images—flowers, bees, Arctic creatures, and wind—to explore how beings can be oblivious to blessings or revelations until they arrive. The poem contrasts humble or skeptical lives with sudden, unanticipated grace or ‘Heaven,’ suggesting that transformative encounters come without warning and may humble those who thought devotion presumptuous. It frames spiritual awakening as an external, almost accidental event that overturns prior assumptions about worthiness and expectation.
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