I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
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"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly depicts psychological anguish and the disintegration of consciousness through the extended metaphor of an internal funeral.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| I felt a Funeral, in my Brain canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T726553 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I felt a Funeral, in my Brain Context triple: [Emily Dickinson, notableWork, I felt a Funeral, in my Brain]
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A.
Because I could not stop for Death
"Because I could not stop for Death" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that personifies Death as a courteous suitor escorting the speaker on a reflective journey toward eternity.
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B.
I heard a Fly buzz—when I died
"I heard a Fly buzz—when I died" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on the moment of death through the startlingly mundane image of a fly interrupting the speaker’s final passage.
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C.
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
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D.
The Raven
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, renowned for its melancholic atmosphere, musical language, and exploration of grief and madness as a mysterious raven visits a grieving man.
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E.
Lady Lazarus
"Lady Lazarus" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that powerfully explores themes of death, resurrection, and female identity through dark, ironic, and theatrical imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I felt a Funeral, in my Brain Target entity description: "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly depicts psychological anguish and the disintegration of consciousness through the extended metaphor of an internal funeral.
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A.
Because I could not stop for Death
"Because I could not stop for Death" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that personifies Death as a courteous suitor escorting the speaker on a reflective journey toward eternity.
-
B.
I heard a Fly buzz—when I died
"I heard a Fly buzz—when I died" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on the moment of death through the startlingly mundane image of a fly interrupting the speaker’s final passage.
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C.
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
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D.
The Raven
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, renowned for its melancholic atmosphere, musical language, and exploration of grief and madness as a mysterious raven visits a grieving man.
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E.
Lady Lazarus
"Lady Lazarus" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that powerfully explores themes of death, resurrection, and female identity through dark, ironic, and theatrical imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| centralMetaphor | internal funeral ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
disintegration of consciousness
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inner experience of breakdown ⓘ |
| firstLine | I felt a Funeral, in my Brain self-link ⓘ |
| form | short lyric ⓘ |
| genre |
metaphysical poetry
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psychological poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
funeral imagery
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motion imagery ⓘ sound imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 20 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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enjambment ⓘ paradox ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | common meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed speaker ⓘ |
| posthumousPublication | true ⓘ |
| publicationStatusDuringAuthorLife | unpublished in author’s lifetime ⓘ |
| punctuationFeature | frequent dashes ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| structure | five stanzas ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
American literature courses
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poetry analysis courses ⓘ |
| symbol |
Boots of Lead
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Plank in Reason ⓘ drum-like beating ⓘ falling through worlds ⓘ mourners ⓘ |
| theme |
consciousness
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death ⓘ isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ mental disintegration ⓘ psychological anguish ⓘ suffering ⓘ the limits of reason ⓘ |
| tone |
claustrophobic
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introspective ⓘ somber ⓘ |
| uses | extended metaphor ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: I felt a Funeral, in my Brain Description of subject: "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly depicts psychological anguish and the disintegration of consciousness through the extended metaphor of an internal funeral.
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