... the message pleases the man. He sits and contemplates the letter's significance, decides a course of action, and sets out to reply. In his mind, the personal endowment of a letter requires some form of acknowledgement. "Bee! I'm expecting you! / Was saying Yesterday/ . . . You'll get my Letter by / The seventeenth; Reply / Or better, be with me - / Yours, Fly" (1-2, 9-12). One would believe that Bee, upon receiving the letter from Fly, would either one, return posthaste or reply with reason for his delay. Fly writes with personal bearing towards his acquaintance. This alludes to the idea that Fly is concerned over Bee's absence. Dickinson is trying to convey two important ideas from the context and structure of the poem. Nature is incomplete without all of its creatures present. Fly, as a symbol for unity (Chevalier and Gheerbrandt 396), takes the initiative, contacting ...

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