... Garden of Eden to show just how power sin can have over anyone, even the most holy. Emily Dickinson's "I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died" In the poem "I Hear a Fly Buzz – When I Died," Emily Dickinson talks in the past tense. This is due to the fact that she's speaking as though ... she's already died. Because the poem has so many references to a higher power, she may be writing as though she's already in heaven, describing it to someone still living. Words that have been capitalized are a clear sign of Dickinson ... to God or the Holy Spirit. "Eyes around" and "the King" most obviously r...

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• Grade Level: High School