Tom, James, or Joey is/are an interesting person

Tom, James, or Joey are interesting people.

Tom is an interesting person.

James is an interesting person.

Joey is an interesting person.

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.