Journal #28

Emily Dickinson's poem, I heard a fly buzz when I died is extremely interesting. First of all it is very odd that she did not title any of her poems. All of the titles of her poems come from just the first line of her poems. That first line becomes the title. It is very weird that the first thing she was thinking about before she died was a fly. Wouldn't you be thinking about your family, like your kids, or even your friends or even your dog? Why on earth would Emily Dickinson be thinking about a fly before she died. She could of been thinking about her house, or all of her things, or her car if they even had cars back then. It is just very odd that out of all things that she could have been focusing on prior to death that she focused on a fly. The only thing that could make this a bit more normal is if she was trying to focus and think about all of these other things, and then a fly interrupted her thoughts by buzzing around her. It would be kind of sad if you were trying to be thoughtful and serious and think about your own loved ones and then a stupid annoying little fly comes on by and interrupts your own thoughts. A fly would be annoying in that sense, plus I am not a huge fan of flies anyway. They are annoying little creatures. I hope that when it is my time to die and cross that path that a fly does not interrupt my own thoughts so that I can focus on my own thoughts and loved ones. Emily Dickinson as always used lots of poetic devices in her poems. Lots of imagery and personification was used as always. Her poems are all pretty weird, but pretty similar at the same times. I do really like Emily Dickinson as a poet. Her poems are all easy to understand and follow.