26 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2021
    1. S

      Dickinson often uses stylistic choices of unusual capitalization

    2. here

      Rhyme scheme, Ear & Here rhyme.

    3. creak across my Soul

      Extended metaphor which depicts the tangibility of the speakers soul, as the mourners walk across her soul with boots made of lead.

    4. toll,

      Rhyme of second and last line, soul & toll. This is also the only fourth line which does not end with a dash.

    5. knowing – then

      The line begins to mirror the way that Dickinson uses repetition in the previous stanzas, a verb following a dash, but instead the last line breaks this pattern.

    6. down, and down

      Repetition

    7. And

      Every line in this stanza begins with the word 'And'. This helps show the rush the last stanza portrays.

    8. numb

      The next three stanzas follow the pattern of having the second and last line rhyme. In this stanza, drum & numb rhyme.

    9. Heavens were a Bell

      Metaphor, that extends to the next line of the stanza.

    10. My

      The first and second stanza are set up in a similar pattern as the first line describes a setting, the second elaboration on the setting, third an action, the last a feeling from the speaker.

    11. beating – beating

      Repetition, located in the third line of the stanza. This is the same as the stanza before it.

    12. like a Drum

      Simile

    13. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

      Extended metaphors are used throughout the poem and in Dickinson's work.

    14. treading – treading

      Dickinson uses repetition to emphasize ideas.

    15. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

      Audio recording can be found here

    16. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
  2. Sep 2021
    1. Work

      Every 9th line in every stanza breaks the pattern and does not contain 10 syllables. They are all different amounts except for the second and forth stanza, which contain 6.

    2. Postmen

      In this stanza the 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th line break meter.

    3. Death

      In this stanza the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 9th lines break the meter.

    4. This

      The first lines of the third and fourth paragraph have eleven syllables, in contrast to the rest of the poem which only has ten. In this stanza, the 3, 5,8 and 9th lines break the meter.

    5. And

      This line contains 12 syllables, and is the only 10th line that breaks the meter. The 6, 8, and 9 lines in this stanza break the meter.

    6. Flashes

      With a few exceptions, most of the lines in the poem contain 10 syllables, and follow the iambic pentameter. In this stanza the 7th and 9th line break the meter.

    7. Recording of Aubade done by the author, Phillip Larkin.

    8. horrify

      The stanzas in the poem are all ten lines with the following rhyme scheme, ABABCCDEED

    9. here

      The rhyme is forced here as the pronunciation of anywhere and here do not rhyme

    10. because

      The rhyme scheme breaks here, remorse and because do not rhyme