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Robert P. Tristram Coffin
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A Study of Poetry
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Famous Poets and Poetic Form
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Also Known As Robert Peter Tristram Coffin
Born March 18, 1892 • Brunswick • Maine • (Birthday in 5 days)
Died January 20, 1955 (aged 62) • Portland • Maine
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Robert Frost, 1954
Robert Frost
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Sylvia Plath
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W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown
American poet
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
American poet and educator
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa
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Robert Lowell, c. 1960
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American poet
Merwin, W.S.
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Charles Wright
Charles Wright
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Gary Snyder
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent
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Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
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Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith
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Maxine Kumin
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Louise Glück
Louise Glück
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Robert Hass
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Mark Van Doren.
Mark Van Doren
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Jorie Graham
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Wallace Stevens
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