Analysis of Emily Dickenson's Fly
My buzzing shook the Stillness
Of her Final Breath,
And ceasing to See,
Her Soul followed
The busy buzz of Death
Into Eternity.
| Scheme | ABCDBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 10101 01011 0110 010111 010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 128 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Emily Dickenson's famous "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" poem from the point of view of the fly rather than the deceased.
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