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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Ancient book lit by candle
9 Obscure Literary Terms
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books
5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds
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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
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Why Does Salt Melt Ice?
The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint
8 of the Largest Empires in History
Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
6 Important Mughal Emperors
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Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?

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Born May 30, 1835 • Leeds • England
Died June 2, 1913 (aged 78) • Ashford • England
Title / Office poet laureate (1896-1913)
Notable Works “The Life Divine”

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Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
William Gifford, detail of an oil painting by John Hoppner (1758–1810); in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Gifford
British editor and scholar
Alice Meynell, c. 1890.
Alice Meynell
British author
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
British author
Peter Redgrove
English poet, novelist, and playwright
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley
British writer
Anthony Munday
English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author
John Lehmann
British poet
Shenstone, detail of an oil painting by E. Alcock, 1750; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Shenstone
English connoisseur
Sir Edwin Arnold, pencil drawing by A.-P. Cole, 1903; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Edwin Arnold
British author
Geoffrey Grigson
British editor and poet
Ralph Hodgson
British poet
Nicholas Amhurst
British author
Philip James Bailey
English poet
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
George Meredith, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1893; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
George Meredith
English novelist

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry