• My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
• In Corners - till a Day
• The Owner passed - identified -
• And carried Me away -
• And now We roam in Sovreign Woods -
• And now We hunt the Doe -
• And every time I speak for Him
• The Mountains straight reply -
• And do I smile, such cordial light
• Opon the Valley glow -
• It is as a Vesuvian face
• Had let it’s pleasure through -
• And when at Night - Our good Day done -
• I guard My Master’s Head -
• ’Tis better than the Eider Duck’s
• Deep Pillow - to have shared -
• To foe of His - I’m deadly foe -
• None stir the second time -
• On whom I lay a Yellow Eye -
• Or an emphatic Thumb -
• Though I than He - may longer live
• He longer must - than I -
• For I have but the power to kill,
• Without - the power to die -

Title- "My life has stood- a Loaded Gun" She might think that her life is always at risk. She might have anxiety or maybe be a worrisome person.

Theme- That anger can control ones life. I think the poem reflects on her isolation and her bottled up anger.

Connotation- The gun is said to be "Loaded"- which means that the gun ready to go and it might have the feeling of danger. She also said that someone has "the power to die" which isn't a good thing. They also use the word gun as a language, waiting to go off.

Attitude- Dangerous. She mentions items that are dangerous but silent until they eventually go off.