In the poem
“I felt a funeral in my brain,” by Dickson,
madness and an obsession with death
takes over the narrator’s mind. Throughout the story
the author Emily Dickson
creates an idea
of obsession about death.
She states
clues that remind
you of death
through her metaphors.
In addition, every
stanza seems depressing.
The
author develops the idea
of madness and
obsession through her
use of metaphors.
She compares her
thoughts and death
with the use
of her metaphors.
In stanza 1 first it states “ I felt
a funeral, in
my brain”. This
means that the
author lost her
state of mind,
and because of
this she “felt
a funeral” in her
brain. This is
just one way
the author develops
the idea of madness and obsession through
her use of
metaphors,
Another
example of how
the author develops
the idea of
madness and obsession
through her use
of metaphors is “my mind
was going numb.”
This was stated
in stanza 2. The
quote shows that
the author is
sad and depressed.
It also shows
that she is frustrated
to
the point she couldn’t
think
straight. In addition, it
shows how the
poet is hitting
her breaking point.
In
the poem the author writes
“As all the
Heavens were a Bell, And
Being, but an Ear”. This
is another example
of how the
author develops the
idea of madness
and obsession through her
use of metaphors.
That quote means
heaven is calling.
I’m inferring that
she is thinking
about death because
she thinks heaven
is calling.
In
conclusion, in the
poem “I felt
a funeral in
my brain,” by
Dickson, madness and
obsession with death
takes over the
narrator’s mind. The
author develops the
idea of madness
and obsession through
the use of
metaphors. My body
statements supported my
thesis statements because
I used metaphors
from the text
that relates to
madness and obsession.
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