Joseph Proper: I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died was first published in 1885 and is written as a poem. It has six stanzas that explain death and the narrator’s mood over their time with Death. The poem can be found in any poetry collection, such as “The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis”.
Because I Could Not Stop For Death was first published in 1874 and is also written as a poem, with four stanzas that explain Death’s relationship with the speaker. Because I Could Not Stop For Death is one of Emily Dickinson’s most famous poems. She wrote it after reading Francis Quarles’ poem “A Dialogue Between the Soul and Body”. The poem has been adapted into multiple forms of media, including songs. It can be found in any poetry collection, such as “The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis”.
In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death-” a young girl is in a carriage with death, and she ruminates on life. In “I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died” a corpse thinks about how he died when a fly buzzed in his room after his demise. The poem expresses feelings of sadness and hopelessness by the fact that the two dying people are both children.
Charles Baudelaire wrote “Because I Could Not Stop For Death-” [ref]. This poem describes a woman lamenting her fate as she rides in an ominous carriage next to death, who will soon take her life. Baudelaire uses religious allusions to underscore the poem’s sense of melancholy and despair. In the poem, death is a “kindly man” who tries to make his companions comfortable as he rushes them with haste to their inevitable ends.
Emily Dickinson wrote, “I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died-” [ref]. In this poem, a corpse can hear sounds from the world outside the room where it lies upon its demise. The poem is about passing through death into another realm that is not separated from our own. Overall, the poem conveys a feeling of sorrow and tragedy at dying young and abruptly in life with no one around to mourn or witness your final moments.
In both poems, death is personified as someone who cannot be stopped. The poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death-” is about the inevitability of dying and death, while the poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died-” is about how it feels to die alone after having lived a full life, which was filled with happiness and sadness alike.
‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’ is a poem that was written by Emily Dickinson. ‘I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died’ is another poem that was also written by Emily Dickinson, who wrote many other poems as well, including ‘There’s Another Sky’ and ‘The Soul Selects Her Own Society.’
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts into a prominent family with strong ties to its community, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent one year at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and then returned to her family’s house in Amherst. Thi
Dickinson was a recluse for the later years of her life. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, to even leave her bedroom. Dickinson never married, and most friendships between her and others depended entirely upon correspondence. She is rumoured to have many admirers.[1]
Both poems are about death; “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” describes dying while being escorted by someone else. It is read from the perspective of the deceased who is thinking back on their life they lived before dying. The poem ends with this speaking voice saying that they do not want to go, but there is a reason for doing so. “I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died” describes the time leading up to death from the perspective of someone who is dying. This poem shows how much this person does not want to die and describes what it might be like as death approaches
In both poems, there are many references about nature, which could possibly relate to life. In “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” the poem mentions a coach being driven by a sleeping man, stars shining above an unnamed mountaintop, birds flying in sync through trees, morning sun trying to rise again despite nightfall. The poem then concludes with these lines: “Because I could not stop for Death — / He kindly stopped for me — / The Carriage held but just Ourselves — / And Immortality.” In “I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died” there are references to a room, and then the poem explains that this is where people go when they die. This poem also describes how it feels to know you’re dying and that your body is shutting down.
“Because I Could Not Stop For Death” and “I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died” are poem written by Emily Dickinson, an American poet who lived from 1830 to 1886. Both poems have a possible interpretation of life after death.
In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, Dickinson describes how anyone is able to die at any moment because there is no way for one to stop death from passing. In the poem “I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died”, she describes the process of dying as being aware that you are going to die and having time to think about what it will be like after death before actually dying.
Death is personified in both poem as a character who is either traveling with the speaker, or visiting them. In both poem, it is also described as something that can take anyone at any moment. The poem “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” describes how no one has dominion over death and everyone will eventually face death, whereas in “I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died”, the poem describes the process of dying as being aware that you are going to die and have time to think about it before actually dying.