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In the poem, "My Life had stood -- a Loaded Gun--," Emily Dickinson personifies a gun. I thought that this was an interesting poem. I liked how Dickinson describes what the object was, which was a gun, by writing all of the following lines: I liked this poem a lot because it uses good metaphors like the ones mentioned above. These are good metaphors because they use riddles to find its true meaning. I also like how Dickinson used the gun as being a man's best friend and that it is with him all the time.
 * "And now We roam in Sovereign Woods, And now We hunt the Doe"- this describes the object as being something used for game.
 * "And every time I speak for Him-- The Mountains straight reply" - this describes the object as being very loud and it echoes.
 * "To foe of His-- I'm deadly foe-- None stir the second time--" - this describes the object as being deadly and used for protection.
 * "For I have but the power to kill, Without -- the power to die --" - this means the object is not living but it can take the life of anything.

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I found it interesting that she almost wrote this poem as a riddle. I find it interesting that she would do it like this even though she said what she was writting about in the first line/title. she talks about all the different uses for guns and why they are needed in that society. She discirbes the necessity for guns and doesn't really discuss the bad thing about guns. i think this has to do with the fact that not as many people were worried about gun safety back the as theyare now. now a days you cant bring up guns without someone saying something bad about guns and how they are used by criminals. I think that back then people didn't use their guns to hurt people and i think that we shouldn't worry about gun safety that much because not everyone who wants a gun is gonna kill someone. 1205450361

Reading this poem I thought I had it completely figured out from the first two lines, but this poem is actually extremely confusing I think. I tried reading the other post to see what other people thought but while I did so I believe I thought of what was really right or at least a good idea. I believe in the poem Emily is saying that she is a loaded gun because she is waiting for the day her life takes off, the day she does something big or goes to another level she could have never imagined. I don’t believe the other person in the poem is in fact a human. I believe it’s her consciousness because she said she was the loaded gun (her body) and the owner (or the gun/her body). I believe maybe she I talking about that she is finding her true self in the woods and near the mountains, places that make her happy. But then I kind of get lost near the end of the poem but I believe she is wrapping it up with the fact that she has the power to take herself anywhere and she has no limits hence (for but I have the power to kill without the power to die.

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