Friday, January 3, 2003

My Life Had Stood Comments

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My life had stood--a Loaded Gun--
In Corners--till a Day
The Owner passed--identified--
And carried Me away--
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Emily Dickinson
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Ed Roache 11 October 2019

It is a playful poem. Emily is pretending to be a gun. She is sitting unused in a corner until its owner picks it up. They roam in the woods together hunting deer. When the gun speaks it fires and the echo is heard from off the mountain. When the gun fires at night it glows cordially upon the valley which is illuminated. It is like the explosion of a volcano which explodes with heat, light, and sound. The gun is placed on the owner's pillow at bedtime where it protects its Master.

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jaz johnson 17 April 2019

i just wanted to know if anyone could give me their own look into what was their interpretation of the poem? thank you

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Amar Agarwala 13 March 2017

An emphatic poem... as always Emily is my best.

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* Sunprincess * 15 June 2016

.........beautifully penned....the power to take a life comes so easy for some ★

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