Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Poetry Analysis

Evelyn Cunningham once said “Women are the only oppressed group in our society that live in intimate association with their oppressor.” For many years women were pushed to the side or underappreciated. Women were not allowed to do what they wanted and were shunned or looked down upon if they did something that was out of ordinary for women. People had different views on how women should be treated. Many poets used their words to describe how they felt about women’s situation. Many poets such as Emily Dickinson, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Thomas Hardy were some of the main poets who shared their views on women’s oppression. In Dickinson’s” Much Madness is Divinest Sense” the people who go against the social normality are shunned or disapproved …show more content…
Back when the poem was published abortion was not looked highly upon. People who got an abortion were never looked at the same way. Brooks’ states “Abortion will not let you forget.” The consequences that come with abortions continuously remind the women of what she had done and how awful it was. Once women got an abortion they were put down on the social classes and everywhere else. Brooks says “Believe me in my deliberateness I was not deliberate.” The writer uses this sentence to emphasize the importance of thinking before you do and that women will never forget what happened to them when and after they got an …show more content…
You aint ruined,’ said she.”
The women are talking about how she wants to have what the other one has but cannot have because she is ruined. The one lady with all of the nice things says that the other woman is not ruined but it is too bad and she cannot have all the nice things. This poem explains how once you sell yourself you are not the same person you were to not only yourself but to others as well. All of the poems voice different opinions and views on women’s oppression. All of the authors take a stand on it. Dickinson says that women who stepped out of the social norm are seen as crazy and put into chains. Brooks believes that once a woman makes a choice it stays with her forever and people will look down upon the decision and her for forever. Hardy goes a completely different route and says that once a woman sells herself she is to be put down and out of place. All the poets voice strong opinions on women’s