... that the "early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour", meaning that this sinless state surely cannot be held for a long period of time, because with time everyone sins. Once a leaf turns green, with time it will surely die. The same goes with Adam and Eve: once they were set on the path of sinning, they were on their ... 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 man...

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