Wednesday, October 3, 2012

my life had stood poem

This poem is an extended metaphor, in which the speaker’s life becomes a loaded gun, as defined in the first line. The gun is unused for the first stanza, until its owner recognizes it and takes it away with him. In the second stanza, the gun and the owner become closely connected, traveling together through the woods in pursuit of the deer they are hunting.
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  1. Miss BOctober 9, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    Yes, this poem contains an extended metaphor were the gun stands in for the speaker's life. But in terms of how you describe the relationship between the speaker and owner- note this word and its meaning- is that relationship an equal partnership?

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