Truth Is as Old as God
poem 836
Truth is as old as God His Twin identity And will endure as long as He A Co-Eternity And perish on the Day Himself is borne away From Mansion of the Universe A lifeless Deity.
Truth Is as Old as God - meaning Summary
Truth’s Inseparable Divinity
Dickinson presents truth as intrinsically bound to God, describing it as God’s "twin identity" and co-eternal with the divine. The poem asserts that truth will last as long as God exists and then perish only if God himself is carried away from the universe. In a few stark, declarative lines the speaker imagines a conditional metaphysical dependence: truth’s endurance is not independent but tied to the continued presence of a living deity. The poem raises questions about the source and contingency of absolute principles without developing a theological argument.
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