Because I Could Not Stop For Death In Emily Dickinson's Poems

Both of Emily Dickinson’s poems, “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” and “Because I could not Stop for Death,” strongly relate to death. They both differ in several ways although they are very similar in others. Dickinson had a certain theme to everything she wrote, although she did visit several other themes, most of her work that was published related to love or most frequently, death. Although both of these poems are about death, what happens after they pass away differ a great deal from the other.
In “Because I could not stop for Death,” it begins with her immediately introducing what her poem will entail. In the lines, “Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me,” Dickinson is explaining that she did not plan on dying, and she had no choice in the matter. I believe she is being sarcastic when she says “he kindly
The people in which she is referring to in this poem is to be assumed her family members. “The eyes around had wrung them dry.” These people cried for her expressing their emotions, something only family and friends would do. She was expecting her death and had already come to terms with accepting her fate. Everything is overall pretty peaceful throughout this poem, but the only thing interrupting her peaceful death is this disgusting little bug. Once this fly shows up it interrupts her peace, and it is disturbing her plans to meet death. Emily is much harsher in this poem compared to the other one. This poem is depressing, and I could not help but to think that this is not how she wanted to die. She did not want to experience people cry, or sit in a silent room. But this was her fate, her undesirable fate. Although everything was done to ensure herself at peace, she was not. The room was too still for her, so still that she could in fact hear a fly