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S
Dickinson often uses stylistic choices of unusual capitalization
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here
Rhyme scheme, Ear & Here rhyme.
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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.
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toll,
Rhyme of second and last line, soul & toll. This is also the only fourth line which does not end with a dash.
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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.
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down, and down
Repetition
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And
Every line in this stanza begins with the word 'And'. This helps show the rush the last stanza portrays.
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numb
The next three stanzas follow the pattern of having the second and last line rhyme. In this stanza, drum & numb rhyme.
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Heavens were a Bell
Metaphor, that extends to the next line of the stanza.
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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.
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beating – beating
Repetition, located in the third line of the stanza. This is the same as the stanza before it.
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like a Drum
Simile
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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
Extended metaphors are used throughout the poem and in Dickinson's work.
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treading – treading
Dickinson uses repetition to emphasize ideas.
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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
Audio recording can be found here
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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
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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.
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Postmen
In this stanza the 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th line break meter.
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Death
In this stanza the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 9th lines break the meter.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Recording of Aubade done by the author, Phillip Larkin.
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horrify
The stanzas in the poem are all ten lines with the following rhyme scheme, ABABCCDEED
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here
The rhyme is forced here as the pronunciation of anywhere and here do not rhyme
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because
The rhyme scheme breaks here, remorse and because do not rhyme
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