1
Q
despair
A
funeral
stood up
slant
2
Q
supressed female emotions
A
loaded gun
volcano
3
Q
anger control
A
loaded gun
cautious
4
Q
out of control
A
Stop for death
Funeral
Fly buzz
Stood up
5
Q
ambiguos/confusing
A
stop for death
fly buzz
funeral
stood up
6
Q
aggressive aspect
A
Awful tempest
narrow fellow
7
Q
awe and fascination
A
Awful tempest
narrow fellow
8
Q
limitations of human knowledge
A
murmer
fly buzz
9
Q
crisis of faith
A
fly buzz
the world is not conclusion
slant
10
Q
loaded gun
A
- suppressed female emotions
“hunt[s] the doe”
“He” = rage
The imagery of a passive and static “Loaded Gun” could suggest her bottled emotions and communicate the womens’ dormant rage in their time
anaphora of “And now We” could create a childish voice
alliteration of ‘m’ and ‘l’ in “emphatic thumb” and “longer live” contrasts with violent imagery - anger can control us / irrational
“carried Me away”
verb “carried” is a very passive tone=control anger exerts over her shows her lack of agency
increasingly more devoted to him; she “guards My Master’s Head” = sense of powerlessness
“longer live/He longer must - than I -” - empower humanity and provide us with strength and purpose
imagery “Loaded Gun, “owner” = rage
differentiating between the persona and her rage, the poem explores the influence rage has on the body.
“stood - a Loaded gun- In Corners”
“sovreign”
“To foe of His - I’m deadly foe -
“stood” “carried” to present tense “We roam” “We hunt”
from unnoticed and passive to assertive and domineering.
She “guards” this “Master”; protects and cares for this rage that empowers and emancipates her/ pleasure + confidence
11
Q
stop for death
A
- natural/inevitable
- tranqiul but with no control
- ambiguous/confusing
