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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:
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Also Known As Louise Elisabeth Glück
Born April 22, 1943 • New York City • New York
Died October 13, 2023 (aged 80) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • poet laureate • Nobel Prize (2020) • Bollingen Prize (2001)
Notable Works “A Village Life” • “American Originality” • “Ararat” • “Averno” • “Descending Figure” • “Faithful and Virtuous Night” • “Firstborn” • “Marigold and Rose” • “Meadowlands” • “Proofs and Theories” • “The House on Marshland” • “The Seven Ages” • “The Triumph of Achilles” • “The Wild Iris”

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