Examples Of Romanticism In Emily Dickinson's Tell The Truth

In Emily Dickinson?s Tell the Truth but tell it slant there are numerous examples of romanticism such as mystery, emotion, irrationality and surprise. Some of them are obvious, while others require a bit more thought. I will point out both.

In this poem Emily Dickinson shows many examples of mystery. The mystery starts in the name of the poem itself Tell all the Truth but tell it slant. We begin to wonder why she says tell the truth but don?t give all the details leave some things out. We wonder what kind of truth would want to be told but not expressed with details. We understand that the truth seems to be too much for our knowledge .

Emily Dickinson also goes on to tell us the truth must be given gradually, meaning that we need to hear