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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 January 20, 1925 • Granada • Nicaragua
Died March 1, 2020 (aged 95) • Managua • Nicaragua
Notable Works “Cosmic Canticles” • “Epigramas” • “Flights of Victory” • “In Cuba” • “Nueva Antología poética” • “Origin of the Species, and Other Poems” • “Pluriverse: New and Selected Poems” • “Prayer for Marilyn Monroe, and Other Poems” • “El estrecho dudoso” • “The Psalms of Struggle and Liberation” • “To Live Is to Love” • “Zero Hour and Other Documentary Poems”
Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican writer and statesman
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
Vicente Huidobro
Chilean writer
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Argentine author
Reyes, Alfonso
Alfonso Reyes
Mexican writer
Guillermo Valencia
Colombian author and statesman
Ramón López Velarde
Mexican poet
Rufino Blanco-Fombona
Venezuelan writer
Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
Cassiano Ricardo
Brazilian poet, critic, and journalist
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian

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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
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
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry