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MUCH MADNESS IS DIVINEST SENSE, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Last Line: And handled with a chain
Subject(s): Insanity


Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye ;
Much sense the starkest madness.
'T is the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane ;
Demur, - you're straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.





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