What is the meaning of this poem???

I am trying to figure what the meaning may be, but i am having alot of trouble. This is for my AP Literature class; i would truly appreciate it if you would please help me! thank you. Poem is below:







I am alive -- I guess by Emily Dickinson



I am alive -- I guess --

The Branches on my Hand

Are full of Morning Glory --

And at my finger's end --



The Carmine -- tingles warm --

And if I hold a Glass

Across my Mouth -- it blurs it --

Physician's -- proof of Breath --



I am alive -- because

I am not in a Room --

The Parlor -- Commonly -- it is --

So Visitors may come --



And lean -- and view it sidewise --

And add "How cold -- it grew" --

And "Was it conscious -- when it stepped

In Immortality?"



I am alive -- because

I do not own a House --

Entitled to myself -- precise --

And fitting no one else --



And marked my Girlhood's name --

So Visitors may know

Which Door is mine -- and not

What is the meaning of this poem???
Kiwi is right about everything but I would add this:



Seems like she is in a coma... Alive, yet unconscious



She has no house = she is not in the grave yet



Girlhood name = maiden name, on the door to her hospital room so that people may know where she is (as she is unable to tell them).
Reply:This is a hard one. The meaning is a bit obscure.



I think Ms Dickenson was a bit depressed that day. She's alive, and can prove it only because she can hold flowers, and feel them in her hand.



She's alive because she can breathe against a glass, and see her breath fogging up the glass. Therefore, she must be breathing.



She's alive because she's not displayed in a coffin in the parlor. There are no visitors viewing her body, and asking questions on how she died.



I am not sure what the last bit about not owning a house might refer to. Except that she doesn't own one yet.



Maybe she feels you have to own a house that is exclusively yours, no one else's. "Fitting no one else" would mean that she fixed up the house especially for herself, as she would want it to be.