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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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11 Lesser-Known, Mostly Contemporary Paintings You Should Hunt Down the Next Time You’re in London

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.

7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History

A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

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Born	1330?
Died	1408 • London? • England
Notable Works	“Confessio amantis”

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Robert Mannyng

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William Langland

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Lydgate, detail from a manuscript, 15th century; in the British Library (Harley Ms. 4826)

John Lydgate

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Osbern Bokenam

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Hoccleve, detail of an illumination from the manuscript of De regimine principum, early 15th century; in the British Library (MS. Royal 17 D VI)

Thomas Hoccleve

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Lawamon

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John Barbour

Scottish author

John Gardner

American author

Thomas The Rhymer

Scottish poet

William Shakespeare

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John Milton

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Samuel Johnson

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William Blake

British writer and artist

D.H. Lawrence

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George Meredith

English novelist

Edmund Spenser

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John Donne

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British poet and critic

Alexander Pope

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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

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. Lord Byron English poet (1788-1824) was a leading figure in the Romantic movement.

10 British Poets: A Quiz

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

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