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In the poem, "Much madness is divinest sense," Emily Dickinson describes madness. Emily Dickinson makes madness seem like a good thing. She describes madness as being sane, being part of human nature, and it is good to be mad because things don't always go your way and you have to express your emotion with some kind of feeling. If you are angry a lot it is not healthy, but it makes yourself more reasonable. If you are not mad much then you won't reason with people because you are used to getting things your way. Everyone has to be mad or else you become stubborn. The lesson of this poem is that life is not always fair and learn to adapt to the bumps and curves along the way.

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The way she talks about madness is an interesting thing. I think that everyone is a little crazy, and it seems that Emily Dickinson agrees with me. I think that each person has some aspect of them that is a little crazy, when they get in that mood they act differently. This can be used for both good and bad depending on the situation. For example some people get in their crazy mood when they play sports, this can make them work harder and be more aggressive than everyone else. THis is a good example. A bad example would be someone who gets angry easily. When they get mad they go crazy, this is bad. Madness is only in the eye of the beholder, your only truly crazy if you admit it. mme ___-

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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 —

This poem was a little hard for me to understand. But I do not agree with mme when they said that you're only truly crazy if you admit it. I don't think that is true at all. Actually, crazy people won't normally admit that their crazy they'll deny it; hence why their called crazy. Br.Tom pointed out that this poem is a paradox which added to how I thought of the poem. It helped me to look and point out the parts that were meant to contradict each other which in the end helped me to better understand the overall meaning of the poem. I like how Emily expressed that madness is almost a part of human nature. How no one is completely normal, especially through others eyes. It just seems to me like Emily Dickinson knew what she wanted to say and had a great way of saying it without making it confusing or adding to much to water down the point.1205458057

This is a short and quick poem. Even though it is short it has enough meaning and symbols to make you have to read it twice. The most interesting and confusing part of the poem is in the very first line. It says,” Much madness is divinest sense.” This is basically saying that a lot of madness is the most sense, or much irrational and crazy something is smart and sensible. This is a paradox because madness is not sense. Madness is the opposite and this is the most confusing line in this poem and it makes you think. That is most likely the reason for it. The whole poem is based around madness and sense so this is a great opening line. 1205458970