Alienation Unit 4

     The use of imagery in I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain  by Emily Dickinson helps evoke some of the senses.  Right away the sense of touch was being used when the speaker said "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" (776).  I could picture what was going on because of Dickinson's use of imagery.  She uses power words as well like "creak" and "treading" which is more vivid.  I believe that this use of diction is smart because it allows Dickinson to get across the use of the senses. I am not sure which sense is absent from the poem.  I am also wondering why certain words are capitalized throughout this poem.  I thought it was just words that had to deal with the senses or mind, but "Box" and "World" is capitalized as well.  Maybe they all relate in some way? They could be the main parts in the speakers mind that he/she is thinking about, but I am not sure.