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 * Analysis typed* Emily Dickinsons poem "i felt a cleaving in my mind" has a major controlling idea that is portrayed to the reader one that sums up as that ones thoughts, emotions, desires can be torn from your brain; one can lose there thought which is what happens in life. Dickinson uses this metaphor to portray to the reader this idea of losing ones thought or feeling and no matter how much one may want it back, you cannot seem to put it back together correctly. Dickinson also uses allusions to create an overall picture of her idea to the reader by using such words as "a cleaving in my mind", "brain had split" and a great metaphor "like balls-- upon the floor" which is a great way for dickinson to portray her i\dea of ones thought and or mind rolling away just like balls on the floor.

Emily Dickinson “I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—“ (825)

I felt a Cleaving in my Mind— As if my Brain had split— I tried to match it—Seam by Seam— But could not make them fit.

The thought behind, I strove to join Unto the thought before— But Sequence travelled out of Sound Like Balls—upon a Floor.