Emily Dickinson's poetry probes the subjects that intrigue her, such as: life, death, and love. Dickinson focuses on similar themes in her poems but uses them in various ways. In My life closed twice before its close and I heard a Fly buzz when I died, Dickinson's viewpoints on waiting, uncertainty, and death, alternates between poems. Dickinson combines these themes in various ways that differentiate the readers understandings of her positions in these poems. In Emily Dickinson's poems My life closed twice before its close and I heard a Fly buzz when I died she explores the seems of waiting uncertainty and death.
In both My life closed twice before its close and I heard a Fly buzz when I died, the theme of waiting is used in various ways. In stanza one of My life closed twice before its close, it states, "It yet remains to see/ If Immortality unveil/ A third event to me," and this is Dickinson waiting for her third encounter with death. In stanza two of I heard a Fly buzz when I died, it states, "The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-/ And Breaths were gathering firm/ For that last Onset-" ; this is Dickinson waiting to be seen before God to be sentenced to heaven or hell. In …show more content…
Stanza one of My life closed twice before its close states, "My life closed twice before its close-/ It yet remains to see/ If Immortality unveil/ A third event to me," and in these lines, Dickinson is uncertain as to what her third encounter with death will be. Stanza two of I heard a Fly buzz when I died states, "For that last Onset-/ When the King/ Be witnessed- in the Room-," displaying Dickinson's uncertainty as to whether she's going to heaven or hell. In both poems, Dickinson is uncertain about the events of her death. However, the main theme of both My life closed twice before its close and I heard a Fly buzz when I died is
In both My life closed twice before its close and I heard a Fly buzz when I died, the theme of waiting is used in various ways. In stanza one of My life closed twice before its close, it states, "It yet remains to see/ If Immortality unveil/ A third event to me," and this is Dickinson waiting for her third encounter with death. In stanza two of I heard a Fly buzz when I died, it states, "The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-/ And Breaths were gathering firm/ For that last Onset-" ; this is Dickinson waiting to be seen before God to be sentenced to heaven or hell. In …show more content…
Stanza one of My life closed twice before its close states, "My life closed twice before its close-/ It yet remains to see/ If Immortality unveil/ A third event to me," and in these lines, Dickinson is uncertain as to what her third encounter with death will be. Stanza two of I heard a Fly buzz when I died states, "For that last Onset-/ When the King/ Be witnessed- in the Room-," displaying Dickinson's uncertainty as to whether she's going to heaven or hell. In both poems, Dickinson is uncertain about the events of her death. However, the main theme of both My life closed twice before its close and I heard a Fly buzz when I died is