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Analysis Of Dickinson's "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain"
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"I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" by Emily Dickinson is an interesting
complex statement on ther relationship between the body and the soul
during a time of mental anguish. The poet uses imagery to evoke the mind
in a state of mental shock.
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... with the service numbs her mind. The image of the seated
mourners suggest that some order has been restored. However, the mind is
again under attack, and the beating drum symbolizes the waves of feeling
which numb the mind.
In the third stanza, the poet states that she hears the mourners lift
the coffin. Again, they move slowly across her soul with feet which seem
encased in lead. Am intensification of attack on the mind by bringing
together images of sound and weight is suggested. She hears the mourners
as they lift the coffin and begin to move, and she feels their feet which
seem to be encased in lead.
In stanza four, the ... |
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