I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson seems to be representative of an act a little bit more important than someone's funeral. This poem opened with the line, "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,"(1) and right off the bat I thought that this must being about the author's sanity. The only two words capitalized in the line were "Funeral" and "Brain." So naturally I read the line out loud putting a tad bit of oomph on the words funeral and brain thinking to myself that there was no way this was simply a coincidence.  After reading through the rest of the poem, I noticed that the words, "Sense, Mind, Being, Silence and Reason," were all purposefully capitalized as to clue in to what the actual meaning was behind the poem. This interesting use of diction to create an allegory helped me to understand the greater meaning behind the "Funeral". She was going crazy. Her mind was slowly going through the long process of insanity and she was conscious aware of it. The funeral aspect was perfect for the allegory because of the event being that of a process and because it happened over time. The conclusion seemed to be one of sadness because the writer seemed to finally be at an end. She had finished was had been happening for a long time.