How does the audio version of "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain" affect the experience of reading the poem?
The inflection and emotion in the audio version convey Dickinson’s discomfort in exploring the topics of death and loss.
1.The inflection and emotion in the audio version convey Dickinson’s discomfort in exploring the topics of death and loss.
2.It highlights how the lack of grammar rules and punctuation makes the meaning of the poem difficult to interpret.
3.It emphasizes the intensity of the effect of sound on the speaker’s thoughts to convey the idea of a mental breakdown.
4.The pauses and stress on certain words help to create a mood of wonder and anticipation as the speaker leaves one world to enter another.