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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
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Also Known As Daniel Gerard Hoffman
Born April 3, 1923 • New York City • New York
Died March 30, 2013 (aged 89) • Pennsylvania
Awards And Honors National Book Award (1972)
Notable Works “Brotherly Love” • “Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe”
Donald Hall
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William Gilmore Simms
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Mark Van Doren.
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Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
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John Malcolm Brinnin
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Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
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Horace Gregory
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
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Alice Walker
Alice Walker
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Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
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Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
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Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
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Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
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John Berryman
John Berryman
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James Merrill
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Charles Simic
Charles Simic
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John Crowe Ransom
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Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
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Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton
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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:
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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
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