Part one of term paper
In the poem The Fly, much vivid imagery is employed in creating a graphic depiction of the housefly as the filthy, disease ridden scourge of man that it is. The author, having obviously spent a great deal of time observing and noting the characteristics of the housefly, creates a vivid summation of his observations and feelings about his su ...

Part two of term paper
... of such a lowly creature. The end result, however, is an entertaining and unusual perspective on a universal enemy of mankind. The opening stanza sets the stage for the depiction of the fly in the rest of the poem. The first line, which begins describing the fly with "O hideous little bat, the size of snot," immediately introduces the atmosphere of what is to follow. The lines that follow describe a creature that is lowly and parasitic, yet well suited to the world it lives in and feeds off o ...