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This is about a female named Emily Dickinson. She was a fantastic poet born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was a great contibuter to the English language and creating the best poetry in the country at the time she was alive. Emily was a very quiet poet who rarely even left her own home. She was a marvelous poet who had more than eighteen hundred poems that she wrote but had fewer than a dozen of them published. Although, some of her poems were altered to fit the poetic rules of the time. Most of her poems had many grammatic issues such as capitalization, punctuation and often used a thing called slant ryming. Emily Dickinson's poems inspired many people to write in a creative way. After her death in 1886, her sister discovered her collection of poetry that she had written. Shortly after that, her sister thought it was all very well written and had dozens and dozens of her poems published. Emily's most famous work is probably The Poems of Emily Dickinson. When Emily was a teenager, she came down with what a doctor would call deepening menace.

My definition of a hero is as follows: A hero is a person or even an animal who tries to help you and you look up to that person/ animal that just saved your life.

I believe Emily Dickinson is a hero because she took the time to create all of these wonderful poems and stories for people to read. Emily Dickinson inspired me when I first read about her. She inspired me to read poetry such as her own. She also inspired me to write some mini poetry books for my own keeping and even some to hand in like creating a big book of poems. The book of poetry that she created called The Poems of Emily Dickinson made me feel good about myself and that I can do whatever I feel is right in my own eyes. I may not be able to look up to Emily and see her face to face but I know I can follow in her footsteps and be the best person that I can be. Emily also can't help me with writing poetry but she can touch my heart and inspire me to keep moving forward with my life by writing poetry about my sister who passed away. I'm sure Emily could connect to me considering her inspiration for writing peotry was the death of her best friend. It was heartbreaking news but she moved on and so have I. I keep moving forward everyday like Emily so that was another reason why I have looked up to her as my hero. Finally, I would like to say is that Emily Dickinson is my hero and she helped me spiritually.

Here is a fantastic and interesting quote from Emily Dickinson herself : —"When a little Girl, I had a friend, who taught me Immortality – but venturing too near, himself – he never returned"

I really think that that quote means you have to look deep inside of yourself to find what your purpose in life is or you will just be lost or mixed-up in life. This quote I thought was a very interesting quote because it helped me feel like I could do something with my life by just looking inside of myself instead of being trapped in a world of nothing. She actually inspired me to come out of my shell and be the person I've always tried or ment to be. This was always hard for me because I've always been the person where people have to get me to talk and they would have to keep the conversation going for a while. Now I am a person who isn't afraid to stand up in what I believe in except for getting up in front of a class full of people who are ready waiting to hear a speech from me. I just can't present in front of large crowds. It has always been a weakness of mine.

Emily Dickinson should be considered a hero because she also helped out her cousin/ best friend in the whole world. Her cousin Sophia Holland grew sicker and sicker each day and Emily stayed with her the whole time. Sophia got sick from a mass outbreak of typhus in Amherst, Massachusetts the same place where Emily lived. During the time that Sophia was sick, Emily tried and tried to nurse her back to health but nothing had seemed to work. Finally one day, Sophia died. Emily was heartbroken because she knew she had failed as a friend and cousin. At that time, Emily felt the whole world was out to get her when she met an attorney on her way home from the market. That day she felt that she had a reason to live for.

To conclude my essay, I would like to tell you that Emily Dickinson is the best person in the world to be considered a hero and if you don't feel the same then I have failed as a person and you should really try harder next time if you even think that Emily Dickinson comes to you as a awful and stupid person. I should tell you that I believe Emily is a hero my eyes and other people's eyes and if you don't feel the same then I didn't do a great job explaining my facts.