Rhyming Scheme - First four stanzas are Exact rhyme of ABCB 'fro' 'though -' (19th Century New England rhyme) 'Drum - ' 'numb -' 'Soul' 'toll' 'Ear' 'here -'

Within the final stanza it becomes a slant/half rhyme as reason breaks as the speaker plunges into despair - therefore the rhyme pattern breaks down. 'down' '- then -'

Devices - Alternation 'Treading - treading-' 'beating - beating - ' Oppressive,
Sibilence 'Silence, some strange' - Unsettling
Metaphor 'Heavens were a Bell' 'Plank in Reason' -Entire metaphor of a 'funeral'
Simile ' A Service, like a Drum'

Mood - Despairing, Oppressive, Controlled

Setting - Internal, Space/Heavens

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Messages -

Themes - Death and Burial, Suffering - possible Depression or Madness, Isolation

	Created by katie.browell over 10 years ago

Emily Dickinson