Emily Dickinson is MAAAADDD

Emily Dickinson drives me crazy with her capitalization, her overuse of hyphens, and weird poetry. Of course most poetry has a somewhat not normal theme, but this is a weird one. Someone who is "mad" may refer to an insane person. (i.e The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland -- that guy is pretty crazy.) The poem "Much Madness is Divinest Sense" is not really about an insane person, but Dickinson's word choice gives that sort of a vibe. Using the terms "mad" and "sense" illustrate two opposite sides of a spectrum, in a backwards way. She states that being mad is the sensible thing to do. To me, this translates to "following the crowd is mad, and being differnt (mad) is sensible." I wish Ms. Dickinson would not confuse us so.