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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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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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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch
9 American Countercultural Books
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How Much Water Should a Person Drink in a Day?
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies
Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding
7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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Also Known As Lisel Neumann
Born February 8, 1924 • Hamburg • Germany
Died February 21, 2020 (aged 96) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award • Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2002)
Notable Works “Alive Together: New and Selected Poems” • “The Need to Hold Still” • “When I Am Asked”
C.K. Williams
American poet
Mona Van Duyn
Mona Van Duyn
American poet
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
American poet
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
American poet
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
American poet
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
Marianne Moore, 1957, photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
Marianne Moore
American poet
Theodore Roethke
American poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet
Ashbery, John
John Ashbery
American poet
Richard Wilbur
American poet
Gary Snyder
American poet
Maxine Kumin
American author
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
Robert Hass
American poet and translator

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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