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    The poem “My Life had Stood- a Loaded Gun,” was written by Emily Dickinson who is known to be one of the greatest American poets of all time. Dickinson’s works touched on a variety of subjects such as nature, religion, law, the identity of self, death, immortality and love. (Dickinson Museum) The Emily Dickinson’s Museum Organization has said that Dickinson’s poem consists of “abstract ideas and material things that are used to explain each other, but the relation between them remains complex and

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    In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “My Life Had Stood – a Loaded Gun,” the speaker demonstrates the ability to be powerful, have control, and depend on someone else, using the metaphor of a loaded gun to describe the prompt. Dickinson’s use of words encourages readers to explore difficulties in their lives where being strong means relying on others. It makes us think about the way power and needing someone else are connected. The speaker feels a strong connection to the “Owner,” demonstrating how complicated

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    Dickinson’s poem, My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun does not consist of the literary theory, moral criticism. Moral Criticism is defined as a literary critic that judges the value of a written piece based on morals or ethics. In light of the piece, one could simply look at the title and an individual can infer the poem to be about a suicide or about a man planning to kill another individual. Looking at the first stanza, one can see the man recognizing the gun. With that, the gun and the owner establish a connection

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    In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “My Life Had Stood – a Loaded Gun,” the speaker demonstrates the ability to be powerful, have control, and depend on someone else, using the metaphor of a loaded gun to describe the prompt. Dickinson’s use of words encourages readers to explore difficulties in their lives where there is a strong means to rely on others. It makes us think about the way power and needing someone else are connected. The speaker feels a strong connection to the “Owner,” demonstrating how complicated

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    deciphering difficulties for the reader. But behind all the confusion is a hidden meaning that becomes clear, and one realizes that all the odd word choices were chosen for a specific reason. The poem I will try to analyze is My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun, or number 754. I find this to be one of her most difficult poems to decode. However, I find the images fascinating and the last stanza very confusing but intriguing. What I first thought the poem was about and what I finally came to a conclusion

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    Emily Dickinson's My Life Had Stood:A Loaded Gun Emily Dickinson is a poet known for her cryptic, confusing language. Words are often put together in an unusual way and create deciphering difficulties for the reader. But behind all the confusion is a hidden meaning that becomes clear, and one realizes that all the odd word choices were chosen for a specific reason. The poem I will try to analyze is My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun, or number 754. I find this to be one of her most difficult poems

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    Life Had Stood – a Loaded Gun”, is a metaphor of a gun and its master which is used to represent a wife and her husband. This metaphor is used to illustrate an unbalanced relationship where the wife is objectified and lacks agency. The wife reduced to an object which is at the disposal of her hunter/master/husband. The gun narrates the poem and it takes pleasure in expressing its power to kill. The poem presents the challenge of identifying who the speaker is and who the gun metaphorically represents

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    There are many reasons behind Dickinson’s choice to use dashes in place of conventional punctuation marks such as periods or commas. In the poem, “My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun” Dickinson uses a dash mark in all but a few lines of the poem. Using the dash marks here slows down the reader while reading the poem. It lengthens the poem and puts more time between each line or even each word. This is done to add more emphasis

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    – a Loaded Gun” In the poem, “My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun,” published around 1863, Emily Dickinson effectively uses metaphorical language in making the speaker compare him/her self to a loaded gun. The speaker speaks as if he/she is a loaded gun waiting to expose their full potential. When reading this poem, one could definitely see religious connotations in that one cannot reach his/her full potential without The Master’s – God’s – help and direction. In “My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun

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    My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson Today, few would deny that Emily Dickinson is an important figure in American literature. The numerous ways to interpret her poetry draws more and more readers into her publications. It's as if everyone could interpret Dickinson's poems into his or her personal life; seeing the poems the way they want to see it. This is the effect "flexible" poems have on people. In Dickinson's "My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun", I interpreted the

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