I heard a fly buzz - when I died QUOTES

Question 1

heard it in the throes of death

not a peaceful feeling of dying

Answer 1

Between the heaves of storm

Question 2

family relatives were all cried out

Answer 2

The eyes around - had wrung them dry -

Question 3

waiting for the presence of God to fill the room

Answer 3

For that last Onset - when the King be witnessed - in the room -

Question 4

disturbed the solemnity and disrupted the ritual

Answer 4

There interposed a Fly -

Question 5

loss of perception

Synesthesia

Answer 5

With blue - uncertain stumbling buzz

Question 6

sight is the last thing to go

Answer 6

and then the windows failed - and then i could not see to see -