I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain by: Emily Dickinson Sarah Jayne
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Time period: 1862, Civil War era Style: Metaphysical Tone:
Isolated Theme: Dont dwell on death. Organization: Thesis: The
author uses figurative language, tone, and structure to reinforce
her point of not dwelling on the idea of death. TS1: The Isolated
tone shows how her dwelling on the funeral is keeping her from
being happy. TS2: The shift in the last quatrain moves the focus of
the poem to the outcome of her dwelling on death.
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Literally a funeral in her brain All in her head Not sure if it
is her funeral or someone elses Mourners everywhere Poem ends
abruptly with her falling down into another world
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Works Cited Shmoop Editorial Team. "I Felt a Funeral, in My
Brain Form and Meter." Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov.
2008. Web. 20 Jan. 2015.. Dickinson, Emily. I Felt a Funeral, in My
Brain. 1862. Print. On 280 ("I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain")." On
280 ("I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain"). Web. 20 Jan. 2015..
