I think his poems lack the exuberance of Emerson's writings. However, like Emerson, his poems show the significance of disqualifying society's "dos and don'ts" (i.e., traditional rules) and, instead, confirming the importance of a person's soul and morals. individual. Dickinson can be seen to have lived by these views not only in her poems, but also in her life. For example, she was an educated woman. As such, she refused to be inferior in a male-dominated society. Like Emerson, he believed that "he who would be a man must be a nonconformist." For example, in his poem “Much Madness is the Divinest Sense,” he explains how majority rule can become a form of tyranny in his image of “handled with a chain.” You can see how true this image was in recent history. When the Grand Old Party wanted Bill Clinton fired, they used majority rule to repress minority rights, becoming tyrants themselves. He also strongly believed that "the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd preserves with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." While this image might be realistically difficult, it is no different