Dickinson's Poem #465: Buzzing Bye

Part I of Essay
Imagine the different emotions that you would experience when lying on your death bed, as your life flashes before your eyes. There may be feelings of guilt, remorse, regret, contentment, or perhaps the feeling of being alone. In poem 465, the speaker describes her feeli ....

Part II of Essay
.... to catch her attention. The introduction of this fly - a part of the world she has closed out - signals that her life is not quite complete. Perhaps she has not succeeded in gaining final closure. There comes a time in life when it is necessary to conclude that the focus of existence is complete and decide what to do with the times that follow. The speaker considers the time following this conclusion a period for closure while waiting for her death to arrive. In lines 2-4: “The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air-Bet ....