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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- This meta element will be explained when we do RWD -->
<meta name="author" content="John Smith"> <!-- This meta element is for the author of the web page -->
<meta name="description" content=" 'I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died' is a poem by Emily Dickinson, written in 1862 and published in 1896">
<meta name="keywords" content="Emily Dickinson, poem, American poetry">
<title>Dickinson: I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died</title>
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<h1>I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died</h1> <!-- keep this as h1 -->
<h2>Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)</h2>
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<p><em>Note: This is the original published version with em dashes inserted. More recent publications remain closer to the actual transcription</em></p>
<p>
I heard a fly buzz when I died;<br>
The stillness round my form<br> <!-- check to see if this is correct -->
Was like the stillness in the air<br>
Between the heaves of storm.
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<p>
The eyes beside had wrung them dry,<br>
And breaths were gathering sure<br>
For that last onset, when the King<br>
Be witnessed in his power.
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<p>
I willed my keepsakes, signed away<br>
What portion of me I<br>
Could make assignable — and then<br>
There interposed a fly,
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<p>
With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz<br>
Between the light and me;<br>
And then the windows failed — and then<br>
I could not see to see.
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