here any twenty-first century skill more important than being able to sustain a coherent, confident conversation?

No.

Explanation:

Confidence isn't everything, but being able to interact with another human fluently is the most important thing. Even if your major isn't anything Social, like Digital Literacy, or Construction, You still need to have conversations in those situations and leading up to those areas or you won't get far in life. Problem-solving is important in every career. You get that skill by interacting with people. Talking will help you work out misunderstandings, get grades up, and get passes from things that won't benefit you.

the difference of the poems of walt whitman and emily dickinson is that whitman uses personification, whereas dickinson avoids figurative language. whitman incorporates transcendentalism and realism in his works. on the other hand, dickinson's poems talks about death and immortality.

ugly things like bugs or something?