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A Study of Poetry
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Famous Poets and Poetic Form
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Wacław Potocki: Facts & Related Content

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Born 1621 • Poland
Died July 9, 1696 (aged 75) • Poland
Notable Works “Wojna chocimska”
Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic
Polish author
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Mickiewicz
Polish poet
Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Polish writer
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
Słowacki, Juliusz
Juliusz Słowacki
Polish author
Asnyk, Adam
Adam Asnyk
Polish author
Herbert, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish author
Władysław Broniewski
Polish author
Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet
Jan Kochanowski, marble bust, c. 1610; in a private collection.
Jan Kochanowski
Polish poet
Ignacy Krasicki, detail of an oil painting by Per Krafft, 1767; in the National Museum of Warsaw.
Ignacy Krasicki
Polish poet
Tadeusz Różewicz
Polish poet and playwright
Adam Ważyk
Polish author
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Polish poet
Norwid, Cyprian
Cyprian Norwid
Polish poet
Kazimierz Wierzyński
Polish poet
Józef Wittlin
Polish author
Jan Kasprowicz
Polish writer
Stanisław Wyspiański, self-portrait; in the National Museum in Kraków, Poland.
Stanisław Wyspiański
Polish dramatist and painter

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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
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
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry