Emily Dickinson's 754. "My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--" (Analysis & Interpretation)

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Thank you so much, your analysis is amazing, I love it!

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[@rebeccamccauley4513]

I always thought it was about power and paralysis. That although opposites they can coexist. She has extraordinary power but it is only awakened when someone else is handling her. Then briefly she experiences the thrill of (almost) feeling alive but never quite getting there.

[@avivastudios2311]

Oh, so WE'RE the gun? I thought she meant that she was about to get shot but then got carried away. Interesting how we thought of it differently.

[@VAGrant-gs8cz]

It's poem 764 not 754

[@keeleybrown122]

It always happens again, you cant gamble

[@manishrana2813]

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do it 10% if not 100%

[@laurakillian7228]

of all the poems that she had... wrote? I stopped listening right there.

[@manishrana2813]

the epitome of mediocrity