In the poem “Much Madness is divinest Sense," Dickinson's view of nineteenth century society is that it -
rewards those who are not afraid to chain others
celebrates nonconformist attitudes in all creative expressions
is largely oppressive toward those who challenge its rules
punishes those women who stray from societal norms

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.

Rukmani refers to the stone gods and goddesses in the temple