https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma Trini Pham and Tiffany Nguyen en-us 2022-02-17 19:36:48 UTC 2025-10-25 07:10:41 UTC hello@padlet.com tpham135 https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2053972820 Emily Dickinson uses figures of speech like metaphors and personification. The first sentence "Much Madness is divinest Sense-" is a metaphor while the last sentence, "And handled with a chain-" is personification. They contribute to the tone of fear by using words like madness, and chain which is something we would relate to something scary. ]]> 2022-02-17 19:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2053972820 tmnguyen155 https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2053977852 Much Madness is divinist 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 straighway dangerous-
And handeled with a Chain- ]]> 2022-02-17 19:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2053977852 tmnguyen155 https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055819935 The theme of the poem is madness. Madness is something the author tries to express through her poem, society severely frustrates her especially the consequences of being different and not following standards, these include hatred and criticism. It is clear that many people only follow the "rules of society" to keep peace and avoid judgement, this is what the author defines as madness.]]> 2022-02-18 19:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055819935 tmnguyen155 https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055830944 2022-02-18 19:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055830944 tpham135 https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055846122 Symbols like chains are used in the poem. In this poem, a person is on the bridge of going mad, but they're "handled with a chain". This shows the meaning that chains are used to hold something back. They used this symbol to show how society has standards, and so the chains were used to show how society is holding them back from being their true self. I would say it is a universal symbol since you would normally use chains to hold something back. ]]> 2022-02-18 19:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055846122 tmnguyen155 https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055855744 Sanity is the tone of the poem, the author makes this clear by describing society through literary devices. Some words that reveal this tone is "sane", "madness", and "dangerous". This poem is ironic because the subject is how insane society is however the author is loosing her sanity at the same time.]]> 2022-02-18 19:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tmnguyen155/vzbpv0ptiwfxjtma/wish/2055855744