ss is divinest Sense” has incredible worth and literary merit. In just eight linesDickinson not only changes one’s perception, but forces a kind of self-evaluation. Notonly this, but Dickinson illustrates poetic skill in the unity of the poem. She makes herpoem unique and “mad,” so to speak, to reiterate her subject matter. Because Dickinsonaccomplishes so much in only eight lines, it cannot be argued that the poem has literarymerit. ...
