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What is the overall message of this poem?

The Fly
by William Blake

Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength & breath
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

A. You should not kill other creatures because they also experience pain.
B. Every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.
C. Flies live happier lives than people because they are free.
D. Flies are important because they teach us to be humble.

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Yukihime

The correct answer is (B). The overall message of William Blake’s poem “The Fly” is that every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being. Comparing and equalizing his existence to the one of the Fly in lines “Am not I/A fly like thee?/Or art not thou/A man like me?” Blake wants to explain that his relation to the fly is like God’s relation to himself. As he with “thoughtless hand/Has brushed away” a fly, one day can God the same to him, so he should enjoy the present and stop worrying what tomorrow will bring.

The message or theme in the poem is B. Every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.

What is a theme?

A theme simply means the underlying message that's conveyed by an author in a literary work.

In this case, the message or theme in the poem is that every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.

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