Stone Fly
Stone Fly
What does the final line in Karl Shapiro’s “The Fly” mean?
Then like Gargantua I stride among
The corpses strewn like raisins in the dust,
The broken bodies of the narrow dead
That catch the thrust with fingers of disgust.
I sweep. One gyrates like a top and falls
And stunned, stone blind, and deaf
Buzzes it’s frightful F
)And dies between three cannibals.)*
You have presented a stanza not just a line. Are you referring to the stanza or the final line? I’ll assume you actually mean the final line of the poem. An interpretation of the poem as a whole is that it’s about a poet’s exploration of the life of a fly, the connection between flies and humans in the cycle of life, and the narrator’s negative feelings about flies. The narrator’s sentiments are shared by most people. Flies are either ignored or vilified (the poor fly is not well respected).
The narrator, comparing himself to Gargantua kills the flies around him, hence reference to “corpses” on the one hand and “raisins” on the other. Interesting comparisons don’t you think? Why do you think the narrator/poet has chosen these two words? Why does he compare himself to Gargantua? I’ll leave you to explore these aspects of the poem.
“Stunned, stone blind, and deaf” refers to the fly after it’s come in contact with Gargantua. Finally, just who or what are the “cannibals” in the last line? Why refer to them as “cannibals”? Is this poem just about flies, or does it have a broader significance? Come on you can do it. You are the poetry detective here. Look for the clues. I’ve shown you how. Remember that each word in a poem is important and intentional. Re-read the poem as a whole, then line by line; paraphrase; look for key words and patterns (re: images, similes, metaphors, repetition of words, etc.). These are all clues. Good luck!
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