The POV of “I Heard a Fly Buzz..”

The poem “I Heard A Fly Buzz…” by Emily Dickenson is told from a first-person participant point of view. The main character, presumably Dickenson, describes to the reader the atmosphere she is in as she passes away. While on her deathbed, she mentions the room is filled with “stillness.” Everyone, with no more tears left to cry, surround her and holds their breath with anticipation. Although there is a tense atmosphere when waiting for her moment to pass, Dickenson has a calm attitude. She mentions signing away her possessions, which may have led to more relief for her to not worry about her wills. She sees the room as calm like gusts of wind “between the Heaves of Storm.” The poem’s point of view and voice from the narrator work together to describe her death experience. Before the buzzing of a fly interrupts her peaceful passing, she portrays her surroundings as tranquil and undisturbing. However, Dickenson seems to have narrated as if she had already died. This is because no one actually knows the feeling of death.