Dickinson’s “My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun” Today, few would deny that Emily Dickinson is an important figure in American literature. The numerous ways to interpret her poetry draws more and more readers into her publications. It’s as if everyone could interpret Dickinson’s poems into his or her personal life; seeing the poems the way they want to see it. This is the effect “flexible” poems have on people. In Dickinson’…showed first 75 words of 1147 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1147 total…kill”, applying to the lines previous, like her being the deadly foe. And she will live forever through her poetry, so she cannot die in a sense that she will be forgotten. Her written thoughts, words, feelings, and emotions as a poet will live forever in the minds of her audience. She does not have the power to die as long as her written work is out in the minds of others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** none