In the fly, what does the poet mark by starting a new stanza at line 5

The Fly is a poem written by the English poet William Blake and published in 1794. The poet mark by starting a new stanza in line 5 a comparison between himself the the fly, implying they are quite similar.

Am not I

A fly like thee?

Or art not thou

A man like me?

'The Fly' is a poem written by the English poet William Blake (in 1794).

He uses a trimester rhyme scheme in order to symbolize how short is life. What the poet marks by starting a new stanza at line 5 is a comparison of his life and the fly's one (Am not I [ ... ])

He says 'Am not I A fly like thee? Or art not thou A man like me?' meaning that both 'the human being' and 'the fly being' are the same, both are 'being' of God.