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Emily Dickinsons writing is highly personal but at the same time manages to be relatable to everyone. Her themes are universal and are something that everyone can relate to which is presumably the reason that her poems are still around and so popular today. She uses simple language and aldso random capitilisation and dashes. ouaehrfquoerhfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff- ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff- ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffg gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg- gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- h ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttthtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt- tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt- ttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt- ttttttttttttttttttttttt yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy akjdhfb adub uoadgf uogc ouagyc ouawgc ouwg cyuwag cyuogawucgyuaw cyugayioug cyag ocyuigyuawgeycgawycgyuawegcyipag wyicgyha wpeifg uioawg efui gawleuifg sz gvsievcbserfguhj,djcgyudbnafuskcbcaiwgcn aolweuifhc oawehuf iauwhcv o[HWEF.KH VJXVBNXFVBUSDGF JH VKGUSRGUGuiog shkjgfv s8eir vb cnvbvyurgiulghfvb g oigfvbm bf vnhir gfh vn brorgi h owuierty jlsadh fljadhf aeiorugf jagf kjsgkjfhgukdgfhjgfhj adkjgfkje fyugeruty werotyweyotyoewrt oyi eort xdhmfvhn xcnvnmxcvhkjsdg fhja lgfahkjeg fyuagfhm bdyurbhu vbwoerubgksubhkjv asdfjkahbvagbud guyaegbvhkjsdb fvh abekhjvabsdhkjvbahj vahjbuiaehfyusvbvhjvbbvae iu iqg i qir qi fgi qeri ioqrg huiqergh ieh gihklgha fhkjg afkjhg kladjhg lakjhfg kljah dfglk jh adfglkjh adfgljh adfgklhj afkl owiugt piwuhrt piuwerhgih sfjb nmb p24ty v93tyh 83ght9ght oierhbfjvnc 7yhujnrfdvciuhjk enmrfdvc huonj m,rfdvxc nkjm, efsdvcx nkjm, rfdvxc ugy wefsdvc pklm, sdvxc ihubkjnm wefsfvxc uwef sdvxc pnklm, sdvxc ohnkjm wefsdvcx uhkjbnm fsdvc uohnjkwef dsvzc jnkm, sdv
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