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If the gun represents a women who is in a relationship with a man, the owner, then throughout the poem the woman (or gun) thinks that they have control and are on the same level with the man, helping to hunt and protect. however, in the last stanza, the gun (woman) realizes that the whole time she has been acting only on behalf of the man and is not able to act for her own benefit.

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"Though I than He--may longer live

He longer must--than I --

For I have but the power to kill,

Without-- the power to die--"

The gun is a thing and cannot die--it will be forever, and it will have the power to kill forever.

Paraphrase: the only thing I have is the power to kill, but I don't have the power to die.

The tricky part is the "He longer must"... must what? Must be around?

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