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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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The Death of Shakespeare
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What Did Shakespeare Sound Like?
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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
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6 Classical Dances of India
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Born December 12, 1860 • Poland
Died August 1, 1926 (aged 65) • Poland
Notable Works “Ginącemu światu” • “Krzak dzikiej róży”
Movement / Style Young Poland movement
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
August Wilhelm von Schlegel
German scholar and critic
Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet
Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye
Ethiopian author
Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt
German writer and translator
Helen Archibald Clarke
American writer and editor
Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Ludwig Tieck
German writer
Robert Armin
English actor
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Spanish dramatist
Mihály Babits
Hungarian author
Nahum Tate
English writer
Charles Clarke, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Cowden Clarke
English editor and critic
Lamb, Mary Ann; Lamb, Charles
Charles Lamb
British author
Harley Granville-Barker, detail of an oil painting by Jacques-Emile Blanche, 1930; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Harley Granville-Barker
British author and producer
Vajiravudh
Vajiravudh
king of Siam
Tsubouchi Shōyō
Japanese author
Mary Ann Lamb, detail of an oil painting by Francis Stephen Cary, 1834; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Mary Ann Lamb
British author
Otto Ludwig
German writer

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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