Analyzing "That I did always love" by Emily Dickinson
"That I did always love
I bring thee Proof
That till I loved
I never lived—Enough--
That I shall love alway--
I argue thee
That love is life--
And life hath Immortality--
This—dost thou doubt—Sweet--
Then have I
Nothing to show
But Calvary— "
This poem is saying that love is life, and life is nothing without love. She is saying that she has always loved the receiver and that without love, there is nothing. With love, however, life is immortal. And if the receiver doesn't believe that she loves him, she will do nothing but suffer.
I bring thee Proof
That till I loved
I never lived—Enough--
That I shall love alway--
I argue thee
That love is life--
And life hath Immortality--
This—dost thou doubt—Sweet--
Then have I
Nothing to show
But Calvary— "
This poem is saying that love is life, and life is nothing without love. She is saying that she has always loved the receiver and that without love, there is nothing. With love, however, life is immortal. And if the receiver doesn't believe that she loves him, she will do nothing but suffer.