I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by: Emily Dickinson

This was by far my most favorite poem to read. First of all this poem told a story from an interesting point of view; inside a cofin at a funeral. But what makes this poem the most interesting is that while is does literally discuss the events of a funeral, it also has a symbolic or allegory type meaning. In class we discussed a few theories on what this poem could truely be describing. some of these included the idea that she was describing going mentally insane while others spoke of drug addiction, loss of faith, and a mental break down. I found reason to support all of these ideas but i personally thought the mentally insane and loss of faith we the best suggestions. In the poem she says "the plank of reason broke" suggesting that her sense of reason or mental state has been lost. Also, this may imply that she has lost the reasoning she once had in her faith, or the explanation of religion has lost its meaning. This was a very ambiguouse poem and i found it to be the most creative.