Conceit: It is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual. The poem's conceit, which appears again throughout, is its most important literary device. The speaker makes a funeral analogy to describe how they are feeling. SimileRead more
- Conceit: It is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual. The poem’s conceit, which appears again throughout, is its most important literary device. The speaker makes a funeral analogy to describe how they are feeling.
- Simile: The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using ‘as’ or ‘like’. For example, “A Service, like a Drum –“
- Alliteration: It is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect. For example, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,”
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The second and fourth lines of each stanza in this poem rhyme, adhering to the ABCB rhyme system. However, they don't. Not quite. Words that sound similar but don't quite rhyme are known as "slant rhymes," and Dickinson is renowned for using them. i felt a funeral in my brain summary
The second and fourth lines of each stanza in this poem rhyme, adhering to the ABCB rhyme system. However, they don’t. Not quite. Words that sound similar but don’t quite rhyme are known as “slant rhymes,” and Dickinson is renowned for using them.
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