Dickinson¡¯s writing style and method, similar to the manner in which she approaches subjects in her poetry, are very distinct. Dickinson was very
             methodical in her approach to writing poetry. In further examination of Dickinson's poetry, specific characteristics that can be found in the three
             poems ¡°I Felt a Funeral in my Brain¡±, ¡°Souls Selected her own Society¡± and ¡°Because I could not Stop for Death¡± like
             her distinct use of diction, meter, rhyme, and the dash. These figures of speech allowed her to create poems that were intimate, universal, and
             Diction is an important aspect of Dickinson's poetry, and as was aforementioned, she went through great lengths to ensure that she selected the
             precise word among a myriad of possible word choices that she might use for a single line. However, as a result of her constant practice of
             compiling a variety of words to use, many of her poems have various implications as well as associations. In her poem, "I felt a funeral in my
             Brain", her diction is very important in creating a parallel scene between the funeral procession and the person's own procession to insanity.
             Words like bell, in the fourth stanza create the imagery of a bell tolling in the procession of a funeral march, and help to relate the proceeding
             finality of the poem. The use of "I" instead of we or another pronoun, allows the writer to create an intimate first person portrayal of the struggle
             and, subsequent, suffering of the person in the poem. Images of a funeral procession reappear in the work, however, it is her diction that
             ironically breathes life to these images of death. Most of her imagery is chosen to describe the effect of a word upon him who hears it supports
             the contention that, for her, communication consisted in the transmitting or perce...