Read the poem "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," by Emily Dickinson.
I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
between the heaves of storm.
The eyes beside had wrung them dry,
And breaths were gathering firm
For that last onset, when the king
Be witnessed in his power.
I willed my keepsakes, signed away
What portion of me I
Could make assignable, — and then
There interposed a fly,
With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,
between the light and me;
And then the windows failed, and then
I could not see to see.
Suppose you are writing a summary of this poem in which you analyze how the theme of death is developed. Which of the following should you not include in your summary?
a. Your own feelings about the theme
b. The title "I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died" and the author, Emily Dickinson
c. Details that describe what is happening in the poem, such as "There interposed a fly, / With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, / between the light and me"
d. Details that develop the theme, such as "I willed my keepsakes, signed away / What potion of me I / Could make assignable"