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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”
Ancient book lit by candle
9 Obscure Literary Terms
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
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books
5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds
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Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?
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A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
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Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?
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Also Known As Jānis Pliekšāns
Born September 11, 1865 • Latvia
Died September 12, 1929 (aged 64) • Latvia
Iancu Văcărescu
Romanian author
Farkas Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician and writer
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Spanish author
Lope de Vega
Lope de Vega
Spanish author
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian dramatist and poet
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
Friedrich Schiller
German writer
Gotthold Lessing, detail of an oil painting by Georg May, 1768; in the Gleimhaus, Halberstadt, Ger.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German 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