EMILY DICKINSON,
UNDERSTANDING THE POET
by Melissa
Haug
|
Much Madness is
divinest Sense-
To a discerning Eye-
Much Sense-the starkest Madness-
‘Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail-
Assent- and you are sane-
Demur- you’re straightway dangerous-
And handled with a Chain- |
Emily Dickinson
is one of America’s most recognized female poets of the nineteenth
century. Dickinson’s unique style of writing is what set her apart from
most poets of her time. To understand Dickinson’s poem, “Much Madness is
Divinest Sense,” we must first put both her life and her era in context
with her writing.
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