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The Irony in "Tell the Truth But Tell it Slant" by Emily Dickenson.
Title: The Irony in "Tell the Truth But Tell it Slant" by Emily Dickenson.
Category: Literature
Details: Words: 318 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Irony in "Tell the Truth But Tell it Slant" by Emily Dickenson.
The irony cannot be missed in Emily Dickenson's poem "Tell the Truth But Tell it Slant". This poem is read like a church hymn, advising the reader to not exactly tell the blunt truth if asked. Thus, in the cadence of very familiar moving religious tunes, Dickinson implores one to tell the truth, but to give it an angle that makes it more palatable to the listener. Dickinson either wished to dramatically touch the spiritual …showed first 75 words of 318 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 318 total…the bad news will possibly remain more composed and self confident than hearing the truth. Therefore, the truth, bent, is less harsh to the listener. Truth is personified, giving it a life of its own in Dickinson's poem. The irony of a hymn-like poem suggesting the "darker edge of truth" gives an eerie quality to the very honesty of Dickinson's revelation. Then again, perhaps a hymn is what our world needs to face possible unknowns.
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