Emily Dickinson Poem 591

For most of her poems about death, Emily Dickinson focuses on the discussion of what happens after the body ceases to function. Yet, one poem - Poem 591 - seems to not concentrate on what happens after death, but rather what happens during death. However, the person who Dickinson personifies is already dead; the poem is the dead person looking back and reflecting on their last moments. The speaker describes a room to the reader - their death room - where their friends and family are gathered around watching them die. The people and speaker are not alone in this room, though, because there is a fly. This small and seemingly insignificant insect is what provides the overall poem with depth.
Throughout many literary works, with death comes