Emily Dickinson was actually referring to "Death" as "King" in her poem titled, “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—...”
- While the "Fly" was a representative of "Death," who came calling to announce the speaker's imminent rapture from this world, "Death" was the master of the "Fly," or in the speaker's words, the "King."
- This is a metaphorical manner of describing "Death." Instead of calling death by its name, the speaker elevated it to the stature of a human being, thereby personifying it.
Thus, "King" in Dickinson's poetry refers to "Death."
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