Wherefore feed and clothe and save
From the cradle to the grave
Those ungrateful drones who would
Drain your sweat nay, drink your blood?
Wherefore, Bees of England, forge
Many a weapan, chain, and scourge,
That these stingless drones may spoil
The forced produce of your toil?
Question
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the lines are taken.
B. What do you think the poet intends to say in the poem?
C. What does the phrase"Bees of England"refer to?
Shelley;A song: Men of England.
B. To call on all working people of England to rise up against their political oppressors; to point out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.
C. "Bees of England"refers to the laboring(or: working) people of England.
