A Word Is Dead by Emily Dickinson

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Poem: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/6173

I like this poem because of its brevity; it is only 19 words, 6 lines, 2 sentences. While some say that a word is dead once it is uttered for the first time, Dickinson argues that that is actually the moment in which its life begins. I agree with Dickinson, because the word is literally meaningless without its actual usage.