Iheard a fly buzz - when i died by emily dickinson i heard a fly buzz - when i died - the stillness in the room was like the stillness in the air - between the heaves of storm - the eyes around - had wrung them dry - and breaths were gathering firm for that last onset - when the king be witnessed - in the room - i willed my keepsakes - signed away what portion of me be assignable - and then it was there interposed a fly - with blue - uncertain - stumbling buzz - between the light - and me - and then the windows failed - and then i could not see to see - what is significant about the fly in the poem above? it let's the reader know how quiet the room was as the narrator was dying. it was annoying the narrator. it wasn't important to the poem.