I had always shied away from poetry as I could never decode the message from the lines in front of me. Finally, this year in my literature class, I was slowly able to piece together the profound ideas in each work. The poet that stood out most was Emily Dickinson. Learning more about her lifestyle made her existence even more intriguing. She led the life of a recluse but that was the perfect environment for her to create the art she did. Given the opportunity to talk to her for an hour, I would ask her how her life affected what she wrote and whether her choices of her lifestyle were completely her own. In addition, I would want to know if and how she ever got over social anxiety and what she did to deal with it. Though from a different era,
