When researching the word "demur", definitions implying rebelliousness came up. Then upon further inspection, I saw that, against majority, she believes we should all be rebels. "In this, as All, prevail-"(Dickinson,830). This quote in Dickinson's Much Madness is Divinest Sense is essentially saying that most people believe the following words. The following words essentially say that doing what others do is normal and being a rebel is dangerous and looked down upon.
In the beginning, we see that she is saying that being mad is the most divine thing. However, she adds a stipulation to that. To see that madness is divine, one must know what to look for. A person who is the most mad has much sense. In all, Dickinson's poem is a giant paradox of the norm. Also, relating back to the previous poem, A Funeral In my Brain, we see some relation. We see the similarity between the mind themes and how being mad is not always necessarily bad.
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