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her poem shows assonance in the 9th line with 'dost thou doubt.'
THAT I did always love, I bring thee proof: That till I loved I did not love enough. That I shall love alway, I offer thee That love is life, And life hath immortality. This, dost thou doubt, sweet? Then have I Nothing to show But Calvary.
Dickinson uses life as a symbol for immortality and shes states that love is life so therefore love is immortal and never dies, as long as it's strong.
In the final line of the poem, Calvary is a biblical allusion to the site of Jesus's crucifixtion. It's used metaphorically to show that her love is as sweet as the love Jesus showed to his people, which was strong enough to allow him to die for their sins. True love.
