Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

In the poem "I heard a fly buzz when I died" how is the poetic element metaphor used?

In the poem "I heard a fly buzz when I died" how is the poetic element metaphor used?

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Dickinson metaphors like the fly to represent physical death and she windows as the speaker's eyes.

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