What is the overall message of this poem? the fly by william blake little fly, thy summer's play my thoughtless hand has brushed away. am not i a fly like thee? or art not thou a man like me? for i dance and drink & sing, till some blind hand shall brush my wing. if thought is life and strength & breath and the want of thought is death; then am i a happy fly, if i live, or if i die. a. you should not kill other creatures because they also experience pain. b. every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being. c. flies live happier lives than people because they are free. d. flies are important because they teach us to be humble.

The correct answer is (B). The overall message of William Blake’s poem “The Fly” is that every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being. Comparing and equalizing his existence to the one of the Fly in lines “Am not I/A fly like thee?/Or art not thou/A man like me?” Blake wants to explain that his relation to the fly is like God’s relation to himself. As he with “thoughtless hand/Has brushed away” a fly, one day can God the same to him, so he should enjoy the present and stop worrying what tomorrow will bring.

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