“With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz—
Between the light—and me—
And then the Windows failed—and then
I could not see to see—”
Questions:
A.Identify the poem and the poet.
B.What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?
C.What idea doe
“With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz—
Between the light—and me—
And then the Windows failed—and then
I could not see to see—”
Questions:
A.Identify the poem and the poet.
B.What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?
C.What idea does the quoted passage express?
【正确答案】:A.Emily Dickinson: (465)"I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died"
B.Eyes, for they are considered as the windows of human soul.
C.The last thing the dying person saw and heard was the fly-and its buzz. When the eyes failed, the human soul was closed and the person died. (The speaker could not see any of the afterlife or God or angels she expected to see.)
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