A little Madness in the Spring
A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown -- Who ponders this tremendous scene -- This whole Experiment of Green -- As if it were his own!
Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown -- Who ponders this tremendous scene -- This whole Experiment of Green -- As if it were his own!
Emily Dickinson presents spring as a season of joyful irrationality—a little madness that does everyone good, even someone as important as a king. But the poem’s real tenderness goes to the clown, the person who can’t just frolic.
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