I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (280)

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Emily Dickinson

1896

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (280) by Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson is rumored to have suffered from agoraphobia, or the fear of public places. She rarely left home, and the majority of her poems were published posthumously. This poem may capture some of her isolation in her semi-reclusive state.

As one contributor noted, it is about the metaphorica...

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (280) Annotated

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading – treading – till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through –

And when they all were seated
A Service, like a Drum –
Kept beating – beating – till I thought
My Mind was going numb –

And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again
Then Space – began to toll

As all the Heavens were a Bell
And Being, but an Ear
And I, and Silence, some strange Race
Wrecked, solitary, here –

And then a Plank in Reason, broke
And I dropped down, and down –
And hit a World, at every plunge
And Finished knowing – then –

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (280) Q&A

Tell explanation of the poem

The poem is about the metaphorical death of part of Dickinson’s mind – perhaps her sanity or reason. She is so overwhelmed by her observations of other people and her interactions with them that she feels quite disturbed and that she is losing her mind.

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