Imagery Poetry 3- I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

"My Mind was going numb--" line 8

To me, this poem seems to possess ambiguity. When I first read this poem, I thought that the author was describing her own funeral. Lines like, "And Mourners to and fro" and "And I dropped down, and down," lend themselves to the idea of an actual funeral. However, lines such as, "My Mind was going numb--" and "And creak across my Soul," make me think differently, like it isn't a physical thing. Perhaps it is a conflict within her mind. I feel like certain aspects of the poem seem one way and others seem the opposite. This is why I believe it is ambiguity. Physically, it seems as if her soul is watching as the funeral proceeds. Then, when silence embarks, she is placed either at the gates of Heaven or Hell, described by, "And hit a World, at every plunge." Heaven or Hell is the other world she is about to take part in. On the other hand, I feel like this is also a funeral for her mind, almost as if she is going insane. It seems like she couldn't escape her mind. Noises of, "A Service, like a Drum--Kept beating--beating..." appear to be such a disturbance, and then once there is silence, its as if she has completely lost her sanity. The other World would be the world in the eyes of the insane. She has buried what was left of her sanity, and is now left with a new outlook on life.