While talking about Dickinson's poem today, I think I had a slightly different interpretation of it. Now, while it is established that she is a gun, and that she is useless without whoever her "Master" is, I still feel as if both Dickinson and her "Master" realize the power and potential she has.

Taking it from the feminist approach, it's clear that the "Master", assuming he is male, seems to be the controlling sex in the relationship. That would consequently make the gender roles unbalanced, and as usual, tip the scale in favor of the testosterone. However, I feel like her "Master" knows that she is a threat, and accordingly, that all of the female sex have an explosive force to be reckoned with. So, the "Master" only acknowledges Dickinson when need be, and uses her potential when it is useful to him; and, as said before, he always knows the gun is fully loaded, and seems to afraid to touch it.