This week I decided to blog on Much Madness is Divinest Sense by Emily Dickens. I actually didn't like this poem that much, nor did I find it interesting or intriguing in an any way. I will however, blog about and analyze this poem because Emily Dickens was pretty clever and interesting.
I think that in this poem, Dickens is addressing humanity as a whole and how we act in society. Humans tend to cling to what they call "normal" and claim that to be the status-quo and compare all else to that. I believe that this is a major fault in society. The best thing about being human is being unique because even though many people may act similar, they are still completely different.
Anyways, Dickens was obviously frustrated at the way that individuals were treated and so she spoke out about it through this poem. She uses some interesting vocabulary and words things interestingly but I get what she is talking about. Basically.
Good. This is not my favorite Dickinson poem, but I felt like it took a little more effort--which it appears it did!
ReplyDeleteI think you have some good thoughts here. I'd like to see a little more poetic language/term usage. How does she use the structure to make her point? Etc.