A review by eenaah
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson

emotional lighthearted reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

🌸🪐“𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒏 𝑰𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 — 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.”  🪐🌸

Some Favourite poems and stanzas:

✧ “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯; 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 ”

✧“𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺! 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 — 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘶𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.”

✧“𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, — 𝘐’𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 ”

✧“𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦.”

✧ “𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐, 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 — 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”