Dickinson implies that the speaker’s family is no longer mourning but instead anticipating the death of the speaker. This illustrates how the family is anticipating and holding their breath as the speaker slowly leaves the land of the living. While the speaker is ready to witness the glorious beginning of ascending into the afterlife and come face to face with God who will lead them into the, “For that last Onset- when the King Be Witnesses- in the Room-“(6-7). Dickinson suggests that the king witnessing the journey that the speaker is embarking on might be what the speaker’s interprets of God watching everything happen. In the third stanza, as the speaker is preparing for the grand transition of crossing over, the speaker watches as all of their material keepsakes are being distributed among family members, “I willed my Keepsakes- Signed away / What portions of me be Assignable-“(9-10). Soon after the speaker has the realization that all of the material items that hold worth on Earth will become useless in the afterlife. ****Dickinson But as the speaker has this material thought the fly interposes between the speaker and the
Dickinson implies that the speaker’s family is no longer mourning but instead anticipating the death of the speaker. This illustrates how the family is anticipating and holding their breath as the speaker slowly leaves the land of the living. While the speaker is ready to witness the glorious beginning of ascending into the afterlife and come face to face with God who will lead them into the, “For that last Onset- when the King Be Witnesses- in the Room-“(6-7). Dickinson suggests that the king witnessing the journey that the speaker is embarking on might be what the speaker’s interprets of God watching everything happen. In the third stanza, as the speaker is preparing for the grand transition of crossing over, the speaker watches as all of their material keepsakes are being distributed among family members, “I willed my Keepsakes- Signed away / What portions of me be Assignable-“(9-10). Soon after the speaker has the realization that all of the material items that hold worth on Earth will become useless in the afterlife. ****Dickinson But as the speaker has this material thought the fly interposes between the speaker and the