Acceptance

Acceptance - meaning Summary

Wry Resignation Before Divinity

Hughes’s short poem presents a wry, humble speaker who accepts human foolishness as part of a divine design. The narrator acknowledges personal lack of wisdom and frames clumsy acts as unsurprising to God. The tone balances self-deprecation and theological consolation, implying that human error need not be catastrophic because it fits within a larger, forgiving order. It offers resignation rather than despair and invites acceptance of imperfections.