How does the audio version of "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain"
affect the experience of reading the poem?
The pauses and stress on certain words help to
o create a mood of wonder and anticipation as the
speaker leaves one world to enter another.
It emphasizes the intensity of the effect of sound on
O the speaker's thoughts to convey the idea of a
mental breakdown.
The inflection and emotion in the audio version
O convey Dickinson's discomfort in exploring the topics
of death and loss.
It highlights how the lack of grammar rules and
punctuation makes the meaning of the poem difficult
to interpret