I_heard_a_fly_buzz---when_I_died

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I heard a fly buzz---when I died ---Emily

Dickinson艾米利.狄金森

我听到苍蝇的嗡嗡声——当我死时

房间里，一片沉寂

就像空气突然平静下来——

在风暴的间隙

注视我的眼睛——泪水已经流尽—

我的呼吸正渐渐变紧

等待最后的时刻——上帝在房间里

现身的时刻——降临

我已经分掉了——关于我的

所有可以分掉的

东西——然后我就看见了

一只苍蝇——

蓝色的——微妙起伏的嗡嗡声

在我——和光——之间

然后窗户关闭——然后

我眼前漆黑一片——

People always have mixed perceptions, thoughts, or beliefs about death. When people think

about death, they might experience fear or anxiety as to what the afterlife holds for them.

Writers in different time periods throughout history have used different figures to represent

death itself,

as well as the different feelings toward dying and what happens after death. In 1863, Emily

Dickinson wrote the slant rhyme poem "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died-," which gives the

reader a rare glimpse of dying from the view point of someone who is already dead. Death is a

part of life no matter what personal belief one has, and according to Emily Dickinson, life may

continue after death.

Emily's poem is told in the past tense by person who has already died. Emily Dickinson uses

past and present tense words together, which indicate a transition between life and death. The

poem is ironic and unique because there is a concern with a menial matter such as a buzzing

fly at the final moment of life. In the first stanza the narrator states, "I heard a Fly buzz- when I

died-". An annoying fly is usually not of utmost importance when one is dying. Death is

perceived as a serious time in life. Emily Dickinson sets the tone of the poem intending to

shock the reader, which is what happens.

Analysis of I Heard a Fly Buzz When I died by Emily Dickinson

In Emily Dickinson's poem I Heard a Fly Buzz- When I Died, the feeling of death being present

in the room is the overall tone. The tie in between death and the flies persistent buzzing is one

that must be looked at very closely. The buzzing is not something that the average living

person would notice but under the particular circumstances, even the smallest of details

become noticeable as a man dies. As the voice in the poem is painting the picture of a funeral,

the reader becomes more intoned to the idea of death through the use the figurative language

and symbols when the voice speaks about the mourners who have gathered, the sound of a

flies buzz, and the closing of the window.

Within the poem Dickinson uses figurative language to her full advantage, using it to assist her

in painting the picture of there being a sad moment in time successfully. The usage of the past

tense when setting the scene where all the people were standing around grieving was done

excellent through the choose of words. When using the word wrung it helps to suggest that the

grieving is over for now, and it is now time to take control over their breathing and move on.

Also when the voice is speaking of dieing, death is referred to signing away what he would

have left to give of what at least be worth giving away.

The usage, both placement and number of times used, of the flies buzzing was very critical

itself with in the poem. If Dickinson were to use the symbol too much it would take away from

the moment of focusing on death and cause people to think more about the fly. The flies buzz I

fell is in the text because it is something a person would under a normal situation would ignore,

but when you are dieing you become more in touch with your senses. The sense of hearing is

the last one of the five senses a person will loose as the process of dieing comes to a closer,

as in this poem.

The idea of a window being closed is very symbolic in this poem, of a person's life coming to

an end. When the window shuts it cuts off all the light to the person's eyes, and therefore the

idea of death is being used. The window in this case may very well not even be a glass window

a person would look out, yet instead the lid to the coffin this individual was lying in.

Wither or not how Dickinson portrayal of death is realistic or not, she is able to achieve it

through the grammatical chooses she makes. By the words she has chosen to use along with

the modifiers there is only a couple of different ways to interpret this poem, but the idea of

death would have to be in anyone interpretation. This poem made me feel almost a sense of

grieving when I closed the books cover to the words.

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