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This paper explains that themes of death, altered states of consciousness and mental chaos are conveyed through traditional and sophisticated uses of poetic composition in Emily Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain". The author points out that the poet employs a plethora of poetic techniques such as alliteration, repetition, rhyme and rhythm to create mood and convey the central themes of emptiness and mental chaos. The paper relates that, just as sensory deprivation is a common tool used to create altered states of consciousness, so, too, is sensory overload; the speaker in "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" describes both sensory deprivation and sensory overload.

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"Alliteration and repetition provide the musical and rhythmic backbone of Dickinson's poem. Examples of alliteration include: "felt a funeral," "seated, / A service," "silence some strange," and "dropped down," (1; 6; 15; 17). In addition to alliteration, "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" also contains several examples of word repetition: "treading, treading," "beating, beating," "down, and down," (3; 7; 17). The rhythmic quality of both alliteration and repetition mirrors the motif of drums that the speaker refers to in the second stanza. Therefore, poetic devices perfectly reflect the theme. Musicality is also conveyed through careful word selections: the third stanza begins: "And then I heard them lift a box, / And creak across my soul /.../ Then space began to toll," (9-12). Key words invoking music and sound include "heard," "creak," and "toll." Aural imagery continues in the fourth stanza, which continues where the third left off with its allusion to a bell tolling."

Tags:themes, alliteration, repetition, deprivation, overload

Abstract
The paper argues that the Realism is specifically employed by Emily Dickinson to overcome the Puritan abhorrence of nature. The paper introduces the distinction between Romanticism and Realism and then describes the Puritan upbringing of Emily Dickinson, her reaction to her religion and how this reaction informs her poetry. The paper analyzes two poems "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain" and "I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died" to illustrate Dickinson's distinctive style and abiding theme.

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"Romanticism is sometimes misrepresented as being characterized by spontaneity. As Wordsworth et al outline clearly in the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Romanticism strives for the effect of spontaneity through a highly calculated approach (Bloom & Marson 2009, p. 151). In this Preface the authors set out to determine a philosophy of literature, and this emphasis on philosophy makes the spontaneity of Romanticism suspect. Dickinson is easily included in the canon of Romanticism due to the intricate craftsmanship of her poems, which nevertheless aim for a spontaneous effect. Such an effect is also said to be part of Realism. Both Romanticism and Realism strive to depict nature in a "spontaneous" way, where Realism is distinguished by its penchant for the sordid or unsavory aspects of nature. Dickinson's poetry may be better described as Realist because they frequently stray into morbid themes. However, she also uses conventions of Romantic poetry extensively, which explains her poetry being normally classed as Romantic."

Tags:Puritanism, spontaneity, nature, morbidity

Abstract
This paper examines the themes of death and dying in three of Emily Dickinson's poems, as well as Dickinson's style and she technique she used in the poems.

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"In her popular poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," Dickinson provides us with an excellent example of her unique perspective regarding death. This lyric poem reads well and the rhyming structure of it seems to contradict its serious subject matter. It also presents us with an image of the poet. The tone in this poem is significant because the poem does not express fear or melancholy. Another interesting aspect of this poem is point of view. Interestingly, the deceased poet writes it. This perspective allows the poet to view death and life in a completely different way."

Tags:images, deceitful, stanza, carriage, immortality, afterlife, life, coffin, despair, inevitability

Tags:dickinson, emily

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This paper discusses how Emily Dickinson, as an individual and as a poet, deployed the poetic devices of point of view, tone, and metaphor, in order to convince her readers, and perhaps herself, that death was merely another mode of existence and, therefore, not something to dread. It looks at how, through a review of the poems ?I Heard a Fly Buzz? and ?I Felt a Funeral in My Brain,? it explores how she portrays death as another world and state of being, rather than as a termination.

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"?I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,? similarly ends with an unfinished line, conveying the transported corpse's final descent into the grave, but never reaching the bottom of the ground. This poem's cool tone is equally pronounced as the poem about the fly's buzz, and is even more shocking in its observed "plot" as the speaker of the poem takes the reader through her funeral and the decent into her own grave. As the funeral takes place, beginning first in her brain with the sight of mourners, she, as she sinks into the earth, does not express fear or horror at being buried alive but rather, she accepts what happens,? And hit a World, at every plunge,? observing her entrance into something not fully describable, because it is so different from what she has left."

Tags:funeral, brain, fly, buzz

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This paper summarizes an article from Scientific American - 'His Brain, Her Brain,' by Larry Cahill. It talks about the research into structural and functional differences in male and female brains and the implications for medicine.

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"The article 'His Brain Her Brain' by Larry Cahill describes the research that has been carried out and is ongoing into differences between male and female brains. The is no longer considered a sexist claim because there are differences not only in the structure of male and female brains but in the way different areas of the brain react to various stressors. Back in ... Scientific American published an article which described how sex hormones directed divergent reproductive behavior in rats which was thought to be controlled by the..."

Tags:brain, amygdala, hippocampus, male, female, medicine

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In this article the writer discusses the function of the brain within people with autism. The writer firstly defines the neurological disorder of autism that affects each individual in a different way. It should be noted, however, that autism negatively affects normal brain function. The writer notes that many individuals with autism have been considered remarkably intelligent, despite their difficulties relating to the rest of the social order. Further, the writer points out that due to these variances in the manner that autism is present in the affected individual, the issue of brain development comes into question.

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"Children with autism may not begin to show signs of the developmental disorder until they have passed infancy. A neurological disorder, autism cannot be defined by standard criteria that are universal to all patients because the disorder affects each individual differently. It should be noted, however, that autism negatively affects normal brain function. As the disorder progresses it will inhibit the individual's ability with social interaction and communication."

Tags:brain, autistic, development

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This paper discusses the importance of using brain-based education research for teaching adult learners. It examines findings from brain-based research, information regarding the adult learner, and the use of brain-based education for adult learners.

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"This research paper presents the importance of using brain-based education research for the teaching of the adult learner. Findings from brain-based research information regarding the adult learner and the ..."

Tags:brain-based research adult learners, education

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This paper looks at how the different advances in brain imaging-techniques have contributed to scientists increased ability to understand the concept of memory. It looks at the advent of Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and what they have meant to the increased ability to understand and treat brain, and memory disorders.

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"For example, fMRI was found useful for research by Awh and colleagues (1999) to observe brain activations during the performance of a spatial working memory task. In this investigation, subjects were given a spatial working memory task and a control task. Using fMRI the researchers found a functionally distinct, region that showed sustained activity during the spatial working memory task, confirming the location for the neural bases for that function. In the past, researchers who wanted detailed studies of human brain activity struggled because they lacked effective investigative tools. In experiments with humans the best technologies brought only limited success in mapping the processes of consciousness."

Tags:brain, ct, eeg, imaging, memory, mri, neuropsychology, neuroscience, pet, psychology, scan, amnesiac, cognative, personality, changes, human, brain, patients, techniques

Abstract
This paper examines in depth the works of Emily Dickinson, a nineteenth century poet and recluse. It includes a discussion of the biographical details in Emily's life and how her life experiences shaped her writings with such themes as nature, loss and love and her poetic techniques, language and form. Eleven of her poems are reviewed, including "Because I Could not Stop for Death," "I Know Some Lonely Houses off the Road," "A Bird Came Down the Walk," and "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain."

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"Her shifting attitude towards immortality is paralleled by her ambivalence about the existence of a god. Although she continued to search, Dickinson's poems reveal that she never rests comfortably in belief and certainty. She struggles for proof of god and eternal life in her interpretations of experience and in her participation in the natural world. In the end, however, the skeptic and the believer simultaneously characterize Dickinson's stance."

Tags:american, death, nature, techniques, themes, women, verse