er?), he decided to use her to express her purpose. Maybe her purpose is poetry. The poet experiences herself as loaded gun, imperious energy. Yet without the Master, the possessor, she is merely lethal. And when she describes herself as a Loaded Gun, I think she means shes been full of rage or anger and has been holding it in for such a long time. Or she may just be full of emotion and thought, and experience, and she just wants some way or chance to express herself. And whenever she has the next chance to release this rage, it could be harmful, just like a loaded gunshe has the potential to cause harm. The "doe" (female deer) is hunted and presumably killed, just as women writers feel they have to kill or suppress a part of themselves to write. Or maybe just as Dickinson felt strained to write poetry in seclusion. But Im wondering if all female poets felt the same as she? Did they feel that they had to write poetry in private? Also, when she talks about the Woods being Sovereign, it gives a sense of control. This all gives me the impression that being a loaded gun she is harmless until her master takes possession of it (her). And in the line, And every time I speak for him/ The Mountains straight reply, it represents language to methe expression of the gun, creating poetry.In the section where Dickinson writes:"And do I smile, such cordial lightUpon the Valley glow --It is as a Vesuvian faceHad let its pleasure through--"To me this illustrates that when she expresses her feelings, her surroundings, audience, and environment are illuminated by a psychological truth from deep within Dickinson. She experiences this explosive release as a satisfying expression of her nature as a poet, as a volcano must unleash its lava. She is explosive with her thrill of being able to express herself so freely, as shes wanted to do for a long time.The speaker also seems to prefer to stand over her Master rather than to share a soft downy pi...
