methodical in her approach to writing poetry. In further examination of Dickinson's poetry, specific characteristics that can be found in the three

poems °I Felt a Funeral in my Brain±, °Souls Selected her own Society± and °Because I could not Stop for Death± like

her distinct use of diction, meter, rhyme, and the dash. These figures of speech allowed her to create poems that were intimate, universal, and

Diction is an important aspect of Dickinson's poetry, and as was aforementioned, she went through great lengths to ensure that she selected the

precise word among a myriad of possible word choices that she might use for a single line. However, as a result of her constant practice of

compiling a variety of words to use, many of her poems have various implications as well as associations. In her poem, "I felt a funeral in my

Brain", her diction is very important in creating a parallel scene between the funeral procession and the person's own procession to insanity.

times Dickinson's dash presents punctuation such as a period, comma, or semicolon; anticipation, and suspense. The dash in poems, like "Soul

is very clear, and certain as she describes the process of her deterioration as it parallels the progression of a funeral procession. The idea of the

the speaker identify herself when she says," I've known her". Dickinson's emphasizes the soul's difficult process in selecting its complement

view to life, because it shows that relationships do not end with life, but they presist after do to the strong emotional and psychological bonds

Dickinson is probably most well known for her use of dashes, which are found in "Soul Selects her own Society". While the dash is seen as a

°Because I could not stop for Death±, while the speaker is generally identified as the one who is dying, she is not, instead she is pondering over

on after the deaths of their loved ones and how does that death affect their own thoughts of mortalit Death acts as the instructor in the persona's

better understanding of life and existence as a result of her encounter with death. She grapples with questions of how the living exists and move

repetition of then followed by a dash, "Then-close the Valve of her attention". The dashes also emphasize symbols, like Chariots and Emperor.

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