Death in Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Hea

Death in Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a fly Buzz When I DiedEmily Dickinsons twain poems, Because I Could Not Stop For Death and I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died, revolve around one central theme, death. Though the two do centralize around the theme of death they both make believe slightly different messages or beliefs about what is to come after death. By discussing both of the poems and interpreting their meanings, the reader base gain a overflowing understanding of the message Dickinson is trying to send to her audience and a greater feel for what may lie ahead in the afterlife. When Dickinson writes in her world-class line, I heard a fly buzz when I died, it grasps the readers attendance by describing the moment of her death. After reading the first stanza the reader can almost hear or sense the feeling of the fly bombilate in such a still and quiet room. The contrasting sounds of the cacophonic fly and the stillness in the air draw the r eader deeper into the poem. The kitchen stove created by this contrast is like the cloak white on the color black. It stands out immensely and catches the readers eye. After the first stanza the reader is in skillful knowledge of the death of the poet. The second stanza reads, The eyes beside had wrung them dry, and breaths were gathering sure for that rifle onset, when the king be witnessed in his power. This stanza deals with how God is brought upon by the speaker?s death. Onlookers surround the dead body and seem to be look...