I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain

     The poem I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson is extremely sad. the entire poem is an extended metaphor. It compares what the speaker is feeling in her mind to that of a funeral. The poem begins with the people entering the funeral. In her mind, she seems to be feeling overwhelmed with lots of things going through her brain. Then, it goes to the people of the funeral being seated and music starting. At this point, her mind is still- almost numb- except for a pulse-like beating. The casket is then opened. she feels her soul is opened and empty- only filled with pace. Silence then followed in both the funeral and her mind. and lastly, the casket was lowered in the ground. "And I dropped down and down- and I hit a World, at every plunge, And finished knowing- then-" (776). The poem is unfinished. From this, I can gather that the speaker, too, is lowered into the ground- having died.