The story of Adam and Even in Genesis depicts the ideal model of life: the perfect balance of natural order. Yet man’s natural towards destruction and sin causes the ruin of this utopia. The fate Adam receives can directly be related the shortcomings of the military and society’s loss of stasis with nature which are both described in Reed’s poem. The numerous connotations of words and phrases in Reed’s poem help …showed first 75 words of 955 total…

…showed last 75 words of 955 total…fall short where the bees succeed. Comparing and contrasting guns and gardens, soldiers and bees, this poem relates the unrelated in order to draw a clear difference between the forces of life and the forces of death. However, the poem goes further than merely contrasting opposites. The structure and language of the poem combine to demonstrate how one should synthesize with the natural order. More generally, the poem demonstrates that war is contrary to nature.