I felt a Funeral in my Brain - Emily Dickinson poem reading | Jordan Harling Reads

Poetry reading of I felt a Funeral in my Brain by Emily Dickinson.
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Full poem text, public domain (also available in subtitles):
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 -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -
I felt a Funeral in my Brain - written by Emily Dickinson
Narrated by Jordan Harling
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Background music:
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String Quartet no. 3, Op. 29 - II. Largo molto ed espressivo - composed by Carl Georg Peter Grädener performed by Steve's Bedroom Band (CC BY 3.0)
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Author image:
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See page for author [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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[@christinemartin63]

Again ... read with much understanding (esp the last stanza). Bravo ... for this poem and for your channel in general!

[@kontoru22]

What does this poem mean ?

[@christinemartin63]

@@kontoru22 Mental and emotional crisis, loss of control, personal turmoil, disintegration of identity and self. We've all experienced it.