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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

Emily Dickinson

Form
Form Poem
Year
Year 1861
Pages
Pages 1

A poet describes her own mind giving way as a funeral held inside her head, mourners treading and a service drumming, until the floor of reason breaks and she drops.

I felt a funeral in my brain, And mourners, to and fro
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, Emily Dickinson

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