I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED
“I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED” is written in the dying person’s point of view. ... “I willed my keepsakes—signed away” obviously says all of the speaker’s belongings have been given away. ... The fly “With blue—uncertain stumbling buzz” intervenes with the speaker’s thoughts. As he/she starts to take notice of the fly, the silence again reappears in the speaker’s mind. ... The fly does serve a purpose. As the speaker notice of the fly, represents he/she recognition of the living even though she is dying. The speaker begins to realize the beauty of life only by noticing a nuisance, such as the fly.