This poem also expresses feelings about madness. The madness is compared to a chain that holds back assent and demur. Assent meaning an expression of approval at the oncoming madness to which the author says "you are sane," (Dickinson, 830). In deliberate contradiction, demur here means to raise doubts about the oncoming madness which Dickinson says is "straightway dangerous." Both ways of dealing with the madness come with different connotations for the author probably to represent the madness herself already taking its toll.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Much Madness is divinest Sense
Much Madness is divinest Sense by Emily Dickinson
This poem also expresses feelings about madness. The madness is compared to a chain that holds back assent and demur. Assent meaning an expression of approval at the oncoming madness to which the author says "you are sane," (Dickinson, 830). In deliberate contradiction, demur here means to raise doubts about the oncoming madness which Dickinson says is "straightway dangerous." Both ways of dealing with the madness come with different connotations for the author probably to represent the madness herself already taking its toll.
This poem also expresses feelings about madness. The madness is compared to a chain that holds back assent and demur. Assent meaning an expression of approval at the oncoming madness to which the author says "you are sane," (Dickinson, 830). In deliberate contradiction, demur here means to raise doubts about the oncoming madness which Dickinson says is "straightway dangerous." Both ways of dealing with the madness come with different connotations for the author probably to represent the madness herself already taking its toll.
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