\"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain\"
Life, death, and reincarnation are portrayed in Emily Dickinson\'s poem \"I felt a Funeral, in my brain\". The use of words associated with death gives the poem an ominous and dark karma. To add to this karma, important words that are strong in meaning are capitalized. At the beginning of this poem the feelings of grief and pain are evident. Throughout the rest of the poem, there is a strong sense that the speaker needs to make a choice between a world full of trouble and pain or a heaven that brings solitude and peace. This is all part of a vicious cycle. Sometimes when life doesn\'t turn out for the best, you need to wait until your cycle is up. This is reflected clearly at the end of the poem. The speaker lives life, passes away, and is reborn again into this world all throughout this poems\' entirety.
The first two words of this poem reveal strong feelings. The words \"I felt\" show that the speaker is talking......
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