Emily Dickinson’s Problems with Death

People hate dealing with death. Throughout all of history, people have always feared and tried to put off their own death for as long as humanly possible. But despite people’s wishes, death comes to us all and makes no exceptions. The only thing that has ever assured people about death is their faith in God and the afterlife. Emily Dickinson, one of literatures finest writers, uses her poetry to help deal with the internal struggles she has regarding herself dying and the afterlife. Although themes of death can be found throughout much of her work, her view on mortality varies from poem to poem. Dickinson’s feelings towards God change from anger and resentment towards acceptance in the poems “I heard a Fly buzz— when I died,” “Those—dying, then,” and “Because I could not stop for Death,” respectively.
“I heard a Fly buzz—when I died” deals with the fact that Dickinson is angry at God for not being there at the time of her death. The main th...