Question

choose the poem that uses onomatopoeia. the peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap, the herdsman who climbed with his goats to the steep, the beggar that wandered in search of his bread, have faded away like the grass that we tread. i heard a fly buzz—when i died— the stillness in the room was like the stillness in the air— between the heaves of storm—

Explanation:

Onomatopoeia is a literary device where a word imitates a sound. In the second poem, "buzz" imitates the sound a fly makes, while the first poem has no such sound - imitating words.

Answer:

The poem: "I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air—
Between the Heaves of Storm—"