Read the excerpt from "VI" by Emily Dickinson. "If you were coming in the fall, I'd brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn, As housewives do a fly." Why did the author most likely choose the imagery of brushing away a fly?

The speaker imagines that if the person were coming in the fall, she could brush the summer away as casually as a housewife brushes away a fly. This comparison suggests she would barely notice the passage of summer because she is focused on the person’s arrival. The image emphasizes how quickly time would seem to pass, rather than describing actual housework or the setting.

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