Read the poem: “Much madness is divinest sense”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Much madness is divinest sense

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Much madness is divinest sense

To a discerning eye;

Much sense the starkest madness.

‘T is the majority

In this, as all, prevails.

Assent, and you are sane;

Demur, — you’re straightway dangerous,

And handled with a chain.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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