I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain

Emily Dickinson's poem I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain gives the reader a glimpse into the speaker's mind. This mind is chaotic, fighting to hold on to reality. The tone of desperation overwhelms the reader with the sense the speaker is seeking help. The speaker uses an extended metaphor to detail their downward emotional spiral. This metaphor is of a funeral inside the speaker's mind representing the loss of the speaker herself, whether it mean her death or merely her sanity. Within the speaker's mind, there has been a loss, or death. The alienation theme is clear with the phrase, "And I and Silence some strange Race, Wrecked, solitary, here" (Dickinson, 776). The speaker feels completely alone, forgotten, and lost within her own mind.  The end of the poem trails off, signifying the end for the speaker. Her descent into the darkness is complete,  whether that darkness is death or the depths of her own mind.