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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
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Flags That Look Alike
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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint
8 of the Largest Empires in History
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
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America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

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Born November 20, 1752 • Bristol • England
Died August 24, 1770 (aged 17) • London • England
Notable Works theatrical production
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
English poet
W.S. Gilbert
British playwright
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
English author
Keats, John
John Keats
British poet
Clare, John
John Clare
British poet
Felicia Hemans, detail from an engraving by W. Holl after a portrait by W.E. West (1788–1857)
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
English poet
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
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Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
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Słowacki, Juliusz
Juliusz Słowacki
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Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, visconde (viscount) de Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett
Portuguese writer
Alfred de Musset
French author
Beattie, detail of an engraving by William Ridley after a portrait by an unknown artist
James Beattie
Scottish poet
Zorrilla y Moral, José
José Zorrilla y Moral
Spanish writer

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Poetry: First Lines
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