American Literature / Unit 10 AML 0917 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Slant Rhyme and "Tell all the truth but tell it slant"
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The idea
Dickinson's rhymes are usually slant: the consonants agree and the vowels do not, so the poem never quite settles. Her own line about telling all the truth but telling it slant, since the truth must dazzle gradually, states the method.
In practice
Truth told at an angle, on purpose.
Where people slip
The poem describes the technique it uses.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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