Dickinson in Agony

Emily Dickinson's poem "I like a look of agony" explores the subject of death, and the inability to replicate the anguish of dying. Her approach to death is quite unique, as it is rare that poems are written about liking death; normally people tend to be afraid of the unknown, instead of looking forward to it.
In this poem, it is impossible to tell whether Dickinson is referring to her own death, to the death of someone she knows, or merely to death in general. The poem fails to be specific, saying things such as "The eyes glaze over..", leaving readers unsure whose eyes are being discussed. Perhaps this poem is purposefully ambiguous, and intends to revoke thought and reflection on the significance of one's own death and of those around you, and encourage them to truly remember her poem.
Because death is viewed as a positive thing in this poem, a reader can't help but wonder what the poet would view as a negative thing. A reader gets the idea from this poem that, in comparison to other things in the poet's life, the stability of death is a much needed anchor. Death, unlike other things, is not something that can be imitated.
Dickinson's recurring references to death in her poems are undoubtedly linked to war. Taking this into account, perhaps this poem is not written from Dickinson's point of view. Perhaps it is satirically written from the view of someone fighting in a war. Through this poem, Dickinson attempts to show what is required from war, and the fact that people fighting in a war not only look forward to the abstract concept of victory, but, on a more concrete level, must also look forward to death itself. In the long run, after all, death is victory.
Because the subject and narrator of this poem is ambiguous, all readers are able to relate to the content of this poem. Death, after all, is a goal which every individual works towards.