I felt a Funeral, in my Brain- Alienation Unit

The poem I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson is terrifying due to the metaphor of the funeral being related to a part of the speaker dying. The speaker feels despair and the people who mourn her are really the pains she feels. She describes them as something that "Kept treading-treading-till it seemed That sense was breaking through-" [Dickinson, 776].  This repetition is to emphasize that they are so strong and keep coming back. These pains are tormenting her, destroying her even. It is like she is possessed and these pains come from the inner possession that is inside of her until she reacts and they go away. This poem is divided into two parts- the speaker as a viewer and the speaker as a participant. In the end they both shatter. Her pains get the best of her and she has what we call a mental break down. It is the end of the funeral, the part where part of the speaker dies.