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1. TELL ALL THE TRUTH BUT TELL IT SLANT
-Emily Dickinson
By
Prof.R.R.Borse,
Asst.Prof. & Head,
B.P. Arts, S.M.A.Science & K.K.C.Commerce
College, Chalisgaon
ravindraborse1@gmail.com

2.  Introduction
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
By-Emily Dickinson
Published in-1890

3. Emily Dickinson

4. Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightning to the children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind.

5. Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Success in Circuit lies
 The first line is basically telling us to tell the whole truth
 What is different is that 2nd part of line ‘but tell it slant-slant mean, well, at
an angle, not straight.
 By in circuit we think Dickinson might mean to tell truth in a round about way
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6. Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
 “infirm” means physically or mentally weak here Dickinson uses “infirm”
to describe “delight”
 The shock of the truth is too much to handle directly
 It the truth is superb surprise then it seems Dickinson considers it a good
think

7. As Lightning to the children eased
With explanation kind
 For now, what we do see are more copped words “Lightning” and
“Children” looks like they are VIP in a poem about truth too, but we cant
be sure why just yet on word
 The truth in a delicate (and slant) way make it easier for us to handle is
just like how explaining what lightning is an how it for children

8. The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind.
 If the truth is a power full as this poem says it is, its best not to take it
all in at once, but instead as Dickinson advises, gradually think about
some crazy not sauce
 “Dazzle” is to temporary blind you might be dazzled by head lights or a
massive diamond
 There you go if you take the truth in all at once (or it some one gives it
to you all at once ), you and be over dazzled and go blind

9. Thank You