Emily Dickinson's 'Tell All Truth But Tell It Slant'
Emily Dickinson’s Tell all Truth but tell it Slant
The poem Tell all Truth but tell it Slant it’s explained on how telling bits of the truth is better than telling the whole truth or even a lie. Line 1: Opens the poem. Stating you should tell the truth but slightly, a white lie, telling what is necessary. Line 2: States that you’ll be more successful in a circle full of lies. To elaborate on this, I’m saying from my understanding is the usually when the truth is told it may be hurtful to the person and telling a lie would be better and would cause no harm (at the moment). So you’ll just building up your lies, in a circle full of them. Line 3-4: Even though infirm means to not be mentally strong it says someone may be too bright for the truth
The poem Tell all Truth but tell it Slant it’s explained on how telling bits of the truth is better than telling the whole truth or even a lie. Line 1: Opens the poem. Stating you should tell the truth but slightly, a white lie, telling what is necessary. Line 2: States that you’ll be more successful in a circle full of lies. To elaborate on this, I’m saying from my understanding is the usually when the truth is told it may be hurtful to the person and telling a lie would be better and would cause no harm (at the moment). So you’ll just building up your lies, in a circle full of them. Line 3-4: Even though infirm means to not be mentally strong it says someone may be too bright for the truth