Emily Dickinson's I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died
In "I Heard..." Emily Dickinson recollects the act of dying from the perspective of the person who have died. Examine the poets' use of such literary elements as detail, setting, symbolism, and tone to provide a unique, imaginative perspective on what happens when we die.
In Emily Dickinson's “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died”, she writes using the perspective of a dead person, speaking beyond the grave. In this poem, unlike most of her others, she focuses on what actually occurs as someone is dying, rather than what happens after death. Dickinson uses figurative language and differing literary devices that show how this poem she writes stands out from the rest. The first visual scene of death: the death bed. Dickinson uses this setting
In Emily Dickinson's “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died”, she writes using the perspective of a dead person, speaking beyond the grave. In this poem, unlike most of her others, she focuses on what actually occurs as someone is dying, rather than what happens after death. Dickinson uses figurative language and differing literary devices that show how this poem she writes stands out from the rest. The first visual scene of death: the death bed. Dickinson uses this setting