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Francis Viélé-Griffin
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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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World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Also Known As Egbert Ludovicus Viele
Born May 26, 1864 • Norfolk • Virginia
Died November 12, 1937 (aged 73) • Bergerac • France
Founder “Les Entretiens politiques et littéraires”
Movement / Style Symbolism
Charles Cros
French inventor and poet
Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Émile Verhaeren
Belgian poet
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Charles Péguy
French author
Pierre Reverdy
French poet
Pierre Louÿs
Pierre Louÿs
French author
Rimbaud, detail from “Un Coin de table,” oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet
André Gide, oil painting by P.A. Laurens, 1924; in the National Museum of Modern Art, Paris.
André Gide
French writer
Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
Paul Verlaine
French poet
Stéphane Mallarmé, 1891.
Stéphane Mallarmé
French poet
Claudel
Paul Claudel
French author
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue
French poet
Jean Moréas.
Jean Moréas
French poet
Henri de Régnier
Henri de Régnier
French poet
Léon-Paul Fargue
French poet and essayist
Gustave Kahn, oil painting by Roger Casse, 1931; in a private collection
Gustave Kahn
French poet
Fort, Paul
Paul Fort
French poet
Marguerite Yourcenar
French author
Léopold Senghor
Léopold Senghor
president of Senegal
Paul Nougé
Belgian author

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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