Summary Of The Poem And Now We Hunt The Doe

I believe this poem is told from the point of view of a loaded gun. The gun is unused in the first stanza until the master identifies it and carries it away to use it. Throughout the poem the master and the gun become united and powerful. Once the gun has been reunited with its master they become one: “and now we roam in sovereign woods- and now we hunt the doe” which indicates that their uniting has made them powerful enough to hunt such a desirable animal. In this stanza they are fused together and they become a “we”, allowing the gun to speak for both of them. This idea of uniting and becoming one is seen throughout the rest of the poem. Also in the second stanza she says, “And every time I speak for him, the mountains straight reply”.