I Felt a Funeral in My Brain can somebody help with the techniques?

[ali908]

im doin a paper on her and i wanted to know what kind techniques she uses in this poem?? thank you

[Logos]

I'm c/p'ing it here for reference and because I love it

I felt a funeral in my brain,
And mourners, to and fro,
Kept treading, treading, till it seemed
That sense was breaking through.

And when they all were seated,
A service like a drum
Kept beating, beating, till I thought
My mind was going numb.

And then I heard them lift a box,
And creak across my soul
With those same boots of lead, again.
Then space began to toll

As all the heavens were a bell,
And Being but an ear,
And I and silence some strange race,
Wrecked, solitary, here.

[ali908]

yea the poem is good i jus need a brake down on the techniques

[Aramis]

This should be a good quiz for me; I have a poetry test coming up in English class.

Meter: Well, the meter alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, except for the line 'And when they all were seated', which looks like another iambic trimeter to me. You might want to double check that.

Rhyme Scheme: The second and fourth lines of every verse have masculine end rhyme.

Figurative Language:

• Aliteration - 'felt a funeral', 'silence some strange'
• Onomatopoeia - 'creak'
• Repetition - 'treading, treading', 'beating, beating'
• Metaphor - 'heavens were a bell'

Hope this helps.

[ali908]

does anybody know of any websites that i can find articles talking about this poem cause i have to find the article or whatever and find one technique they talk about and cited it too... i found 2 if anybody knows it surely will help