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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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Born July 2, 1935 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died November 13, 2021 (aged 86) • Roxbury • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Clara’s Ole Man” • “Daddy” • “Dialect Determinism; or, The Rally” • “Goin’ A Buffalo” • “Home Boy” • “How Do You Do?” • “In New England Winter” • “In the Wine Time” • “Salaam, Huey Newton, Salaam” • “The Corner” • “The Duplex” • “The Fabulous Miss Marie” • “The Hungered One” • “The Reluctant Rapist” • “The Taking of Miss Janie”
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Owen Dodson
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James Joyce
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Henry James
Henry James
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Theodore Dreiser
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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