I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

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 --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art) Poem: 280. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jan 24 2001 Comment 19 of 19, added on October 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 AM. I think this poem is about man's eternal struggle between rationality and faith. Our instinctive rationality fights, fights, fights with knowledge, knowing, logic against faith, faith in what you ask? Faith in God, in the Divine, in anything outside our perception of knowledge. At the end of the poem she plunges right into a world of faith, of 'not knowing' any longer. There is no more logic or reason keeping her from freeing the shackles of rationality on her mind, and she is free to have faith. beeter from United States Comment 18 of 19, added on June 23rd, 2008 at 2:10 PM. i can't really figure out what this poem is talking about. i kinda have a feeling that she is dead in this poem???? natalie from United States Comment 17 of 19, added on March 29th, 2008 at 6:24 PM. this poem fills me with fright; whatever its theme is: madness, death, pain, it is pervaded by a gothic sense and is chilling to read. probably i identify with the speaker in this poem but it renders a psychic state so dramatically that it becomes chilling! imen More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,, has received 19 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 280. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Nov 7 2009, 5:24PM Poem of the Day: Jan 24 2001 Viewed 28436 times. Added on March 29th, 2008 at 6:24 PM.

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