This week in AP Lit, we focused on a poem written by Emily Dickinson, I felt a Funeral, in my Brain. With this poem, we spent all week diving deeper and exploring the meaning of it.With the dissection of this poem, I was able to go back and utilize my skills that I gained in fourth grade. I was able to connect this text to other texts, and I was able to connect the writing with my own self. With connecting this text to other texts, I was able to recognize the writing and the feel of Dickinson's poems. Many of her works have an overbearing feeling of despair and decay. I was able to connect this particular work with my own experiences, as I have felt a funeral in my own brain. I've felt the emotions and experiences that the speaker discusses in I felt a Funeral, in my Brain. As I was connecting this to myself, I recalled something that I had felt as I experienced a funeral in my brain. I felt a complete loss of devotion to life, similar to the dread written into the poem. The style that Dickinson uses to portray her thoughts in her poems is truly unique. She was a visionary, and her works have inspired many writers and readers, including myself. I hope to one day be able to write as she did, having the reader question the meanings and origins of the text, and having the power of thought. Dickinson is one of my literary heroes, and I admire her works. One of my favorite pieces of hers, along with an analysis, is linked to the left.
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Josephine
10/11/2016 06:53:40 am
Hi Cailin,
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