"Much Madness is divinest Sense"

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-

In Emily Dickinson's poem "Much Madness is divinest Sense" she suggests an understanding of how the Church reacts to the loose believers of God. Emily writes, "Assent-and you are sane-Demur-you're straightway dangerous," she points out the Church is accepting of people who praise God; however, the Church condemns people who do not have a strong faith in God. Emily shows disapproval in the majority who blindly follow the Church's example. I think Emily writes, "Much Madness is divinest Sense" to show how corrupt Church is in her society and how the people in the Church community in Emily's society follow in the unchristian like manor. Christians should not punish non believers but accept them and guide them to the divine path.



The path of the White

"My life closed twice before its close"

My life closed twice before its close-

It yet remains to see

If Immortality unveil

A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive

As these that twice befell.

parting is all we know of heaven,

And all we need of hell.

Emily Dickinson's poem "My life closed twice before its close" she posits the notion that humans have a future after death. Emily depicts that after death people enter the Kingdom of Heaven when she writes, "If Immortality unveils," which suggests people begin their immortality in Heaven after death. Emily writes, "A third event to me," which suggests the afterlife is the third step in her poem but what about the other two events? I think Emily describes birth, death, and the afterlife which would explain her tittle "My life closed twice before its close," which means her speaker experiences birth, death, then the third close afterlife.

Emily Dickinson Loves God

"Some keep the Sabbath going to Church"

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church-

I keep it, staying at Home-

With a Bobolink for a Chorister-

And an Orchard, for a Dome-

Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice-

I just wear my Wings-

And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church,

Our Sexton-sings.

God preaches, a noted Clergyman-

And the sermon is never long,

So instead of getting to Heaven, at last-

I'm going, all along.

In Emily Dickson's poem "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church" she writes about the speaker who is a faithful Christian; however, the speaker in Emily's poem does not attend Church to praise God. The speaker reveals the truth of the Church and the people who attend Church. The speaker uses his/her methods of learning the path of Chirst to show the flaws in the Church community and how they are a poor example of Christains. The speaker suggests people do not need fancy a Church and excellent choirs to praise and worship God; instead, the Church community needs people with the want and need to learn the divine path. I think Emily Dickinson wrote her poem "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church" to release some frustration she has with the Church in the town and how the Church community is a sad excuse for Christians. Also, Emily wrote her poem to show how she is still a faithful Christian as she maintains in her home and has no worries she will go to Heaven when she dies.