Emily Dickinson - "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain"

Discuss the adaptation of sound to sense. The entire poem by Emily Dickinson is based around sounds, since it is felt in her brain. "Like a Drum" brings the sense of solitude. Without other instruments, a drum is monotonous and simply carries out a given beat that drones on. "I heard them lift a box/And creak across my Soul" brings a sense of longing. The sound of creaking reminds me of ghosts and such, and soul reinforces that idea by saying that the person lost is no longer visible to the author. "And I, and Silence... Wrecked, solitary, here-." This phrase also appeals to our sense of hearing. Silence is the absence of noise, and that brings about a sense of solitude and loneliness. But it also brings about God. We hear God in the silence of our minds. I believe that's why the "Plank in Reason" broke through. She realized that she had to get out of her horrible state of mind from the funeral.