willed... signed away

[PinkLady]

Again, let's consider the following sentence:


"I willed my keepsakes - signed away"


I add this is a line of a poem from Emily Dickinson.


So, my question is if the web 'willed' in this sentence is related 'to making a will', so the person means she made a will in which she states who leaves her keepsakes to?


And does the rest of the sentence (signed away) mean that the keepsakes are signed?



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Thank you.

[Brave]

In this context the verb "will" means (as Mr Greg I believe said earlier) "bequeath" - which also means to give (some belongings or keepsakes etc) away permanently to somebody else. It is indeed related to "making a will".

For example:
I willed my house to my children.
She willed the contents of her bank account to her daughter.
He willed his gold ring to his wife.

When we make a will we normally have to sign it. So "signed away" refers to the act of giving away by the act of signing.

It does not mean that the keepsakes etc are signed.

[FlorianWalter]

The phrase "signed away y..." can be understood as the act of signing away or transferring property. In the context of making a will, this means that the narrator has signed to formalize the transfer of his property or memorabilia to his heirs.