In this poem, Dickinson (Emily, the author) is trying to sort out her thoughts of depression and dispari by ruling out the things, she believes, don't correspond to what is happening to her.
It was not Death, for I stood up, And all the Dead, lie down - It was not Night, for all the Bells Put out their Tongues, for Noon.
<span>I know I wasn't dead because I could stand, while all the dead people can't. </span>I know it wasn't night time because the bells were not tolling, so it must have been noon.
It was not Frost, for on my Flesh I felt Siroccos - crawl - Nor Fire - for just my marble feet Could keep a Chancel, cool -
<span>I know I wasn't frozen because I felt as if my skin was as hot as the wind coming from the desert. But I wasn't burning either because my feet felt hot as if they could keep a church cool. </span> And yet, it tasted, like them all, The Figures I have seen Set orderly, for Burial Reminded me, of mine -
<span>However, I felt like all of these were happening to me. Everything that I have seen, which usually indicates a burial, reminded me of my own funeral. </span> As if my life were shaven, And fitted to a frame, And could not breathe without a key, And ’twas like Midnight, some -
<span>As if I have been striped from everything and showcased like a picture, </span>And breathing was not possible unless I had the answers. And it was midnight when... (this thought is continued in the following stanza.).
This paper provides a summary of evidence on changes in cycling and physical activity in five towns following the first phase of the Department for Transport cycling investment programme between October 2012 and February 2017. It draws on three separately published volumes of evidence<u>: </u>Demonstration Towns monitoring report, 2012-17<u>: </u>Public Opinion Results, 2009-17<u>; </u>and Cycling Demonstration Surveys of Physical Activity, 2005-17.
I gave an explanation of the usage of semicolons and colons in another question you had, so I won't repeat it again, but still let me know if you have any questions!
If I'm not mistaken, the words are: <span> patriotic defeated mysterious aggressive
If so, then the word that best describes the tone of "Rule Britannia" would be the first word which is patriotic. Rule Britannia is a patriotic poem and/or song. </span>