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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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World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Is Castilian Spanish Spoken with a Lisp?
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New Seven Wonders of the World
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Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69
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All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
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Also Known As Guillermo Léon Valencia
Born October 29, 1873 • Popayán • Colombia
Died July 8, 1943 (aged 69) • Popayán • Colombia
Notable Works “Ritos” • “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”
Movement / Style Modernismo
José Agustín
Mexican author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
Germán Arciniegas
Colombian writer and diplomat
José Eustasio Rivera
Colombian poet
Jorge Isaacs
Colombian writer
José Asunción Silva
Colombian poet
Luis Carlos López
Colombian poet
Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
Lu Xun
Chinese writer
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canadian poet
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Robert Bly
American author
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest

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