Question

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died

BY EMILY DICKINSON


I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air -
Between the Heaves of Storm -

The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset - when the King
Be witnessed - in the Room -

I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable - and then it was
There interposed a Fly -

With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -
Between the light - and me -
And then the Windows failed - and then
I could not see to see -

What is significant about the fly in the poem above?


It let's the reader know how quiet the room was as the narrator was dying.


It was annoying the narrator.


It wasn't important to the poem.

Answer 1

I would say A but mostly B only because if it wasn't important then why did the narrator kept talking about the fly?