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A Study of Poetry
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Famous Poets and Poetic Form
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Born December 10, 1824 • Scotland
Died September 18, 1905 (aged 80) • England

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Charlotte Smith, engraving by A. Duncan after a portrait by G. Clint
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Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.
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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
Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
Classic Children’s Books Quiz
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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