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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DYING, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard a fly buzz when I died Last Line: I could not see to see. Subject(s): Death; Flies; Labor & Laborers; Mourning; Pain; Dead, The; Work; Workers; Bereavement; Suffering; Misery | |||
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died-- The Stillness in the Room Was like the stillness in the Air-- Between the Heaves of Storm-- The Eyes around - had wrung them dry-- And breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset - when the King Be witnessed - in the Room -- I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away What portion of me be Assignable - and then it was there interposed a Fly-- With blue - uncertain stumbling Buzz-- Between the light - and me-- And then the Windows failed - and then I could not see to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES |
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