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IFeltaFuneral,inMyBrainThethemesinDickinson’spoemsDickinson’spoemsareusuallybasedonherexperiences,hersorrowsandjoys.ButwithinherlittlelyricsDickinsonaddressesthoseissuesthatconcernthewholehumanbeings,whichincludereligion,death,immorality,love,andnature.1.ReligionInsomeofherpoemsshewroteaboutherdoubtandbeliefaboutreligioussubjects.2.DeathandimmortalityCloselyrelatedtoDickinson’sreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerningdeathandimmortality,（不朽）rangingoverthephysicalaswellasthepsychologicalandemotionalaspectsofdeath.Dickinson’sgreatestrendering（描写）ofthemomentofdeathistobefoundin“IheardaFlybuzz–whenIdied–”,apoemuniversallyconsideredoneofhermasterpieces.3.LoveLoveisanothersubjectDickinsondwelton.(1)Onegroupofherlovepoemstreatsthesufferingandfrustrationlovecancause.Thesepoemsareclearlythereflectionofherownunhappyexperience,closelyrelatedtoherdeepestandmostprivatefeelings.(2)Theothergroupoflovepoemsfocusesonthephysicalaspectofdesire,inwhichDickinsondealtwith,allegorically,theinfluenceofthemaleauthoritiesoverthefemale,emphasizingthepowerofphysicalattractionandexpressingamixtureoffearandfascinationforthemysteriousmagnetismbetweensexes.4.NatureInherpoemsDickinson’sskepticismabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswell-expressed.(1)Ontheonehand,shesharedwithherromanticandtranscendentalpredecessorswhobelievedthatamythical神话的,虚构的bondbetweenmanandnatureexisted,thatnaturerevealedtomanthingsaboutmankindanduniverse.(2)Ontheotherhand,shefeltstronglyaboutnature’sinscrutability（不可预测性）andindifferencetothelifeandinterestsofhumanbeings.Dickinson’sartisticcharacteristicsDickson’spoetryisuniqueandunconventionalinitsownway.1)notitles.2)dashesareusedasamusicaldevice3)capitallettersasameansofemphasis.3)Theformofherpoetryisfamiliar,communal（公共的）,andsometimes,irregular.4)short;asinglyimageorsymbol;onesubjectmatter.5)personalandmeditative.6)Sheoftenusedpersona人格面具andpersonification拟人化Dickinson’spoetry,despiteitsostensible（表面上的）formalsimplicity,isremarkableforitsvariety,subtletyandrichness,andherlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.personaeIFeltaFuneral,inMyBrainIfeltaFuneral,inmyBrain,我感到一场葬礼，在脑海里，AndMournerstoandfro悲伤的人们来来往往Kepttreading--treading--tillitseemed不停地践踏—践踏—直到看来ThatSensewasbreakingthrough--神经被穿透—Andwhentheyallwereseated,当他们全都落座，AService,likeaDrum--一种仪式，象只鼓—Keptbeating--beating--tillIthought不断敲打—敲打—直到我感觉MyMindwasgoingnumb--大脑越来越麻木—AndthenIheardthemliftaBox然后我听见他们抬起一口箱子AndcreakacrossmySoul吱吱嘎嘎地穿过我的灵魂WiththosesameBootsofLead,again,还是那些如灌满铅的靴子，ThenSpace--begantotoll,然后时空中—丧钟敲响，AsalltheHeavenswereaBell,整个天空是一口钟，AndBeing,butanEar,生命，仅是一只耳朵，AndI,andSilence,somestrangeRace我，和沉默，某个陌生的族类Wrecked,solitary,here--毁灭，孤独，就在这里—AndthenaPlankinReason,broke,然后一块支撑的板子，破裂，AndIdroppeddown,anddown--我向下坠落，坠落—AndhitaWorld,ateveryplunge,每次跌落，都撞进一个世界，AndFinishedknowing--then--什么都不再知道—然后—体裁：description语言风格：Thepoemusesfigurativelanguagetocreateimageryassociatedwithafuneral,suggestingthatwhateverpainthespeakerisenduringinhisorherheadissopainfulthatheorshewouldratherdie.Thefirstline,IfeltaFuneral,inmyBrain,introducesustothefuneralmetaphor,inpreparationforthedescriptionstofollow.Withthewordfuneral,immediatelythereader'sheadisfilledwithalloftheimagesassociatedwithafuneral,suchascasketsandfuneraldirges.Inthelastlineofthesecondstanza,MyMindwasgoingnumb(8),isreminiscentofthedullnessoffeelingsometimesassociatedwithgrieving.Oncemorethereaderisremindedofthefuneralmetaphor,yet,moreliterally,thespeaker'smindisgoingnumbasaresultofthepain.Thispainissogreatithasanesthetizedthesenses.Laterinthepoem,shedescribesthechurchbellsringingdistinctlyforafuneral,ThenSpacebegantotoll/AsalltheHeavenswereaBell(12-13),whichcouldalsobemetaphoricforaringinginthespeaker'sears,anothersymptomoftheheadache,onewhichcanmakethepainoftheheadacheunbearable.Inthelines,AndIandSilencesomestrangeRace/Wrecked,solitary,here(15-16),itdescribesthesilenceandsolitudeassociatedwiththefinalityofdeath,whichresonateswiththeimageofacorpselyingstillinacoffin.Theconceptsofsilenceandsolitudesuittheheadachedescriptionwell,becauseoftheneedtobeleftaloneinsilenceasonehandlesthepainoftheheadache.Soundisofparticularimportanceinthispoem,asthemajorityoftheimageryusedisaural.Inthefirststanza,thetreadingofthemournerscouldbevisualimagery,butitisalsoauralimagery.Thissuggeststhegrindingsoundofheavyfeet,whichcouldbecomparabletowhateverythumpandnoisefeelsliketoaheadachesufferer.Thesecondstanzadepictsafuneraldirgeaspartofthisfuneralwith,AServicelikeaDrum,andthepoundingrhythmofthedrum(6-7),whichcouldalsobeapoundinginthehead,orapulsatinginthetemples,duetoamigraine.Dickinsonnoticeablypointsouttheimportanceoftheauralimageryinthepoemasshestartsthethirdstanzawiththeline,IheardthemliftaBox(9).Itisworthnotingthatsheusesthewordheardtodescribetheliftingofthebox,becausetheconceptofliftingaboxismoreanoccurrencethatonewouldrecallasavisualimage,ratherthanasadistinctsound.Thewordheardisusedtoensurethatthereadersensestheauralimagery.Aftercomparingtheheavenstoabellinthebeginningofthefifthstanza,Dickinsonco