I felt a funeral, in my Brain Flashcards
1
Q
Mourners
A
Mourners to and fro Kept treading-treading-till it seemed That Sense was breaking through
Personification Verbs represent thoughts going over and over in mind Aural sense Thoughts Found answer to troubles?
2
Q
Kept
A
Kept beating-beating- till I thought My mind was going numb
Heart beating?
Repression of thought
Verbs
3
Q
And
A
And I, and Silence, some strange Race, wrecked, solitary here
Sibilance
Accompanied only by silence?
Isolation
Thoughts all gone away leaving only speaker and silence
4
Q
Plank
A
And then a Plank in Reason broke
Ability to make sense of things gone
Loss of control
5
Q
Knowing
A
And finished knowing-then-
Parataxis
Unresolved
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