Tone

The tone of the poem, "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain," is dark. The poem seems to be about the funeral of the speaker, yet the speaker can still hear. The word 'funeral' has a dark connotation because it means someone has died. Each stanza gives the idea of the funeral. The first stanza is about the showing. The second is the service. The third is about the funeral procession with the fourth mentioning the church bells. The last stanza is the coffin being lowered into the grave. Funerals are rarely happy. The speaker could possibly be losing her mind and that gives a dark tone. The phrase, 'With those same Boots of Lead...", is dark because something is weighing the speaker down. 'Mourners', 'Service', 'toll', and 'wrecked' all contribute to the negative tone.