I Heard a fly buzz – when I died (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Poet of 'I Heard a Fly Buzz – when I died'
Poet of 'I Heard a Fly Buzz – when I died'
Emily Dickinson
Poem's narrative perspective
Poem's narrative perspective
Speaker experiencing moment of death
Mundane detail at death moment
Mundane detail at death moment
A fly buzzing
Stillness compared to
Stillness compared to
Stillness between heaves of storm
'King' symbolises
'King' symbolises
God or death
Mourners' eyes had
Mourners' eyes had
Wrung them dry (no tears left)
Speaker's final arrangements
Speaker's final arrangements
Willed keepsakes, signed away possessions
Fly's buzz described as (3 words)
Fly's buzz described as (3 words)
Blue, uncertain, stumbling
'Windows failed' means
'Windows failed' means
Speaker's eyes closing/vision fading
Poem's main theme
Poem's main theme
Mundanity & inevitability of death
Dickinson's signature punctuation
Dickinson's signature punctuation
Dashes
Poem's stanza structure
Poem's stanza structure
Quatrains (4-line stanzas)
Rhyme scheme used
Rhyme scheme used
ABCB
Atmosphere in the room
Atmosphere in the room
Anticipation and tension
Poem's final phrase
Poem's final phrase
'I could not see to see'