How Does Emily Dickinson Use Literary Devices

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Poets use many different literary devices when writing poems. Learning about the different literary devices before reading poems, gives the reader a better understanding of the poem. Emily Dickinson used the literary device imagery to keep readers interested when she wrote the poem “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain”. Imagery is the experience felt through our senses. Emily Dickinson made sure that the reader could picture what was happening in the poem, in their mind as well as hear the sounds. The theme of the poem seems to be about someone having a break mental break down. This is easily pictured throughout the poem. Visual imagery is used when a poet wants the readers to visualize what is happening in the poem. The visual imagery in this poem