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"I Heard a Fly Buzz-when i died" by Emily Dickinson, is a confusing poem but I think I have uncovered the literal meaning. I believe that this poem was written to talk about someone who is old and about to die. This person is describing everything around them and the way they feel right before they die. "The stillness around my form Was like the stillness in the air", is describing how the person cannot move and feels just as still or motionless as the air surrounding them. The two lines of the poem which clearly explained to me that this poem was about a man who was dying were the phrases, "And then the windows failed, and then I could not see to see." The first line, "And then the windows failed" means the windows of life, as in the person has died. The second line, "and then i could not see to see", is saying that the person was not able to see life anymore since they are now dead. "I Heard a Fly Buzz-when i died" was a creatively written piece of poetry which expressed how a person feels and what they see before they end their life.