Bee+Meeting

Bee Meeting Title: Beekeepers meet to establish new hives. they est new hives by removing essential queens. This is so that the old queen does not have to participate in a bride flight and can stay alive. 1st stanza: speaker is a novice feels vulnerable - shown bc she is wearing summery dress she cannot id the others bc of their suits 2nd stanza: Nude as chicken neck ---> chicken neck is lanky, fragile, delicate so by comparing the speaker w the neck, the speaker is also lanky, fragile, delicate milkweed silk - vegetation - wants to b vegetation so that she will not be exposed and get stung by the bees 3rd: knights in visors, breastplates of cheesecloth - arthurian allusion referring knights armored for battle = beekeepers are protected in order to get the potential queens out of the established hive 4th: strips of tinfoil - technique used to make plants more resistant against predators and also helps them grow, also could refer to hive tool feather dusters = milkweed? not sure bored hearts - leaves are red the string -- also not sure stanza constantly uses personification about bean field.. winking, fanning, eyes, hearts.... 5th: SHIFT literal - finally gets a hat and veil why did she note the foul smell of the hawthorn? was it bc it ethernizes its children? 6th: operation, surgeon, green helmet, gloves, white suit.... = hospital image hospital image = life or death, medical personell wear special garment, surgery takes place all these relate to bee meeting - life or death, bee suits, removing potential queens apparition - uses term bc ppl look like ghosts w white clothes and helmet and gloves 7th: speaker has stepped on gorse -- makes her immobile and rooted --> shows that the speaker feels trapped 8th: SHIFT view of the queen bee anticipates the bride flight--"mind of the hive thinks....everything" outriders - they police the hives i am cow parsley - wants to b vegetation again so that she can escape 9th: hedgerow = trench - wants to hide as vegetation in trench so that speaker will not b noticed by bees old old old, must live another year - queen wants to die but she knows that potential queens will be removed and she will have to carry on her duties as queen 10th: SHIFT view of the potential queens potentials - much younger and are in greater numbers so old queen WILL DIE ==bride flight 11th: magicians girl - someone who isnt afraid to face death speaker and queen not afraid just like magic girl Argument: The Speaker initially is vulnerable, but soon relates to the queen showing that she does not want to continue on with her duties. (its a weak argument but someone can add/edit)