This poem uses figurative language to get its point across. Dickinson ingeniously used a repetition of words to get across the meaning of her poem. I personally interpreted the poem being about a mental breakdown one has. Her repetition of words, such as "beating-beating", "down, and down", and "treading-treading" are all words implying a journey being made. Additionally, she describes her irrationality through the synecdoche, "And Being, but an Ear" in which she classifies herself as a human based on being an ear. Dickinson also impies a funeral for her sanity, speaking of "mourners" and a "Box", or casket. Furthermore, through her use of personifying silence, Dickinson implies that this was her only companion through this time. Silence being a companion hints at someone who spends much time in solitary spaces.
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