愛蜜麗‧狄更森常用不同的方式談死亡，另一方面，她也用死亡、喪禮來反映自己的情緒、心理的狀態。 寫作上除了常見的宗教情壞、聖詩體裁，在〈I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,〉當中，還可見到莎士比亞在長句中抽字截短的作法。 本集重點： 延伸閱讀：Because I could not stop for Death –  Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me –The Carriage held but just Ourselves –And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess – in the Ring –We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed Us –The Dews drew quivering and Chill –For only Gossamer, my Gown –My Tippet – only Tulle – We paused before a House that seemedA Swelling of the Ground –The Roof was scarcely visible –The Cornice – in the Ground – Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses' HeadsWere toward Eternity – I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,  I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,And Mourners to and froKept treading - treading - till it seemedThat Sense was breaking through - And when they all were seated,A Service, like a Drum -Kept beating - beating - till I thoughtMy mind was going numb - And then I heard them lift a BoxAnd creak across my SoulWith those same Boots of Lead, again,Then Space - began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell,And Being, but an Ear,And I, and Silence, some strange Race,Wrecked, solitary, here - And then a Plank in Reason, broke,And I dropped down, and down -And hit a World, at every plunge,And Finished knowing - then – 【本集節目是由《鏡好聽》製作播出的《漫談英文詩》】製作人：程遠茜 /錄音師：曾海芬圖片來源：Shutterstock 想聽愛聽就在鏡好聽，訂閱《鏡好聽》並下載 APP 收聽，只給你最好的聲音。| 立即訂閱：https://www.mirrorvoice.com.tw/mirrorvoice-plus| 免費下載 APP：https://mirrormediafb.pros.is/LY67K| Facebook：https://facebook.com/mirrorvoice2019| Instagram：https://instagram.com/mirror_voice| 合作、節目建議歡迎來信：[email protected]