Love Is Anterior to Life
poem 917
Love Is Anterior to Life - meaning Summary
Love Before and Beyond Life
This brief lyric asserts love as a metaphysical first principle: it precedes life, survives death, and undergirds creation and the world. Dickinson treats love not as an emotion bound to individuals but as an organizing force that originates existence and amplifies the material realm. The poem compresses a sweeping metaphysical claim into four lines, inviting readers to regard love as cosmic, foundational, and enduring.
Read Complete AnalysesLove is anterior to Life Posterior to Death Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth
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