"Much Madness is divinest Sense"-Emily Dickinson

"Dispute not with her: she is a lunatic"-William Shakespeare 

     Though I don't believe Ms. Dickinson was ever medically diagnosed as insane, her poems often make a case for her being so.  In this poem, the speaker claims craziness is sensible, and sensibility is for those who are insane.  For most, this is paradoxical.  Yet, the speaker legitimately recognizes the disparity that society will likely find in this poem.  She claims that the majority of society suffer from much sense and are labelled as normal.  However, the speaker preaches the opposite.  In the end, she is implying that those who are societally labelled as insane actually are the most sensible but are handled in chains.  "Demur--you're straightway dangerous--And handled with a Chain--" (Dickinson, 830).  I believe many geniuses would concur with the speaker.  Many times insanity can create the most genius, beauty, and art.