Imagery in Poems (due Jan 10)

Step 1:

-hermits in their cells
-nuns in convents
-bees soaring
-peaks of Furness fells

Step 2:

Well the poem seems to offer a few images that show how different people/ objects in the world are all connected with one another. The two images that I will choose to analyze will be the nuns in their convents and the "bees that soar for bloom." I believe that these two images have a similar role in this poem because when I think about a nun in her convent, I think about how devoted she is to her prayer and how calm and peaceful she is being in her room. This image makes me think about how people are satisfied with the path that they have chosen and are not afraid to stay the course of which they have chosen.
Along with the bees that soar for bloom, this image of the bees makes me think about a large group of hard-working bees that are flying around in the spring time, looking for various flowers to pollinate. This image represents the natural order of everyday life; the bees are a part of natures plan that says that they will pollinate during the bloom (springtime) to keep the natural order at its equilibrium. The image of spring also makes me believe that they poem wants to convey a sense of tranquility and comfort, where as the bees are conveyed to be natures humble workers to keep that tranquility and peace.
Finally, the way that the image of the nun and the bees work together to convey the poem's message is a bit unorthodox but works well together. As I mentioned before, the bees soaring for the bloom conveys the natural order being a good thing and so the nun being in her "convent's narrow" room almost portrays that natural order for the nun being a negative thing. But in reality, the nun is content with the way she is leading her life just as the bees are content with theirs. The meaning of this poem to me seems to be that things are fine the way they are and you should't try to change the order of things because everything is as it should be.