They Say That ‘Time Assuages,
They Say That ‘Time Assuages, - meaning Summary
Suffering Strengthens, Not Heals
Dickinson disputes the common claim that time heals all wounds. She argues that suffering does not fade but intensifies and hardens with age, like sinews growing stronger. Time serves to reveal or test the nature of trouble rather than to cure it. If the passing of time seems to remove pain, she suggests, that indicates the pain was never a true malady to begin with.
Read Complete AnalysesThey say that ‘time assuages,’– Time never did assuage; An actual suffering strengthens, As sinews do, with age. Time is a test of trouble, But not a remedy. If such it prove, it prove too There was no malady.
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