One and One Are One
poem 769
One and One Are One - meaning Summary
Unity Beyond Arithmetic
Dickinson contrasts the literal certainty of arithmetic with the more complex unity of inner choices. The opening lines dismiss numeric addition as adequate only for schools, while intimate decisions—life or death, temporal or everlasting—are presented as single, indivisible realities for the soul. The poem suggests that spiritual or existential options collapse into unified meaning that simple counting cannot accommodate.
Read Complete AnalysesOne and One are One Two be finished using Well enough for Schools But for Minor Choosing Life just or Death Or the Everlasting More would be too vast For the Soul’s Comprising
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