My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun

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"My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun" is a powerful and enigmatic poem by Emily Dickinson that explores themes of identity, power, anger, and the relationship between the self and its latent potential.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addressee implicit master / owner ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate early 1860s ⓘ
archive Harvard University Houghton Library (Dickinson manuscripts) ⓘ
linked to: Houghton Library
author Emily Dickinson ⓘ
centralMetaphor loaded gun as speaker’s life ⓘ
compositionPlace Amherst, Massachusetts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstLine My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Poems by Emily Dickinson (posthumous editions) ⓘ
form stanzaic ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered one of Dickinson’s most enigmatic poems ⓘ
widely discussed for its ambiguity ⓘ
includedIn major Emily Dickinson collections ⓘ
influences modern feminist readings of Dickinson ⓘ
interpretedAs allegory of self and master ⓘ
exploration of female anger ⓘ
meditation on poetic power ⓘ
reflection on violence and control ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American poetry ⓘ
manuscriptNumber F764 ⓘ
meter common meter ⓘ
movement American Romanticism ⓘ
Transcendentalist-influenced poetry ⓘ
numberOfLines 24 ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 6 ⓘ
posthumousPublication true ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
speaker personified loaded gun ⓘ
studiedIn American literature courses ⓘ
feminist literary criticism ⓘ
poetry and poetics courses ⓘ
theme agency ⓘ
anger ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
latent potential ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
power ⓘ
violence ⓘ
usesDevice enjambment ⓘ
extended metaphor ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
personification ⓘ
slant rhyme ⓘ
writtenBy Emily Dickinson ⓘ

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