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Mar 10, 2012 · Editorial. The Power to Kill. March 10, 2012. Share full article. 257. President Obama, who came to office promising transparency and adherence to the rule of law, has become the first president...
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- Analysis of ‘My Life Had Stood – A Loaded Gun’
Dickinson also makes use of a number of images, the most important of which is the gun. No matter what one sees as the appropriate interpretation of this piece, the “gun” in question is always going to represent power. They have an inherent danger associated with them, and in this case, it is used as a symbol for the speaker’s life and the power he...
‘My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun’ by Emily Dickinsondescribes the sleeping power of a woman who is being wielded by a Master in a male-dominated world.
Stanza One
In the first stanza of ‘My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun’ Dickinson begins with one of her most prominent calling cards, a dash. It separates the phrase “My Life had stood” from “a Loaded Gun.” Dickinson’s poetry is often complicated. She is known to mix up the syntax of a sentence, making the lines sound more poetic, but also harder to understand. A technique is known as parataxis. In this instance, her speaker is stating that their life “had stood” in a “Corner” like a “Loaded Gun.” These l...
Stanza Two
Now that the husband, or owner, has picked up the female speaker they are together able to “roam in Sovereign Woods.” Again, this line can have multiple meanings, but likely refers to the male-dominated world she is now forced to step into. It is important to keep in mind in the second line that the speaker is said to “hunt the Doe.” A doe always refers to a female deer, an important distinction. Her participation in the world of men allows her to observe the destruction of women. The next tw...
Stanza Three
In the third stanza, a reader must continue to keep in mind the function of a gun, and the traditional social place of a woman. The speaker describes how she smiles and a “cordial light” glows out “Upon the Valley.” Here again, is another reference to the “Mountains” of the second stanza. She is able to step back from the assertive words of the second stanza and return to the emotionless mask men expect from women. The next lines speak on the second way of being. She chose to “smile” rather t...
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Jan 5, 2017 · A gun has only the power to kill, but no awareness of death and therefore of life and what it means. It’s almost as if Dickinson were penning a subtle critique of the pro-gun lobby, championing human life over the power of the gun.
“My Life had stood a Loaded Gun” is a poem by the 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson. The poem contains one of Dickinson's most iconic images as its first line (and also as its title—because Dickinson didn’t title her poems, they are often referred to by their first lines).
He longer must – than I –. For I have but the power to kill, Without – the power to die.”. Poem analysis of Emily Dickinson's My Life Had Stood - a Loaded Gun through the review of literary techniques, poem structure, themes, and the proper usage of quotes.
Sep 25, 2013 · Abstract. During wartime a critical legal question involves the scope of authority to choose whether to kill or capture enemy combatants. One view maintains that a combatant is lawfully subject to lethal force wherever the person is found – unless and until the individual offers to surrender.
Pilate said to him, “Are you not speaking with me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?” Contemporary English Version "Why won't you answer my question?" Pilate asked. "Don't you know I have the power to let you go free or to nail you to a cross?" Douay-Rheims Bible
