Emily Dickinson embraces death with an attitude that contradicts those of the average man. In lieu of fearing death and the ominous power that precedes it, Emily Dickinson welcomes death as a part of the cycle of life-an inevitable force in which divine, pure wisdom can be obtained through this acceptance of loss and defeat. Many of Dickinson's poems share this common theme of death, as is true for "Because I could not stop for Death" and "I heard a Fly buzz when I died." The two poems deal with the nature of death as a part of everyday life; however, the dramatic tone of "I heard a fly buzz when I died" is much more somber than that of "Because I could not stop for death."

Emily Dickinson creates a far more melodramatic mood in "I heard a Fly buzz when I died" than that of "Because...