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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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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:
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Also Known As Alfred Henschke
Born November 4, 1890 • Germany
Died August 14, 1928 (aged 37) • Davos • Switzerland
Notable Works “Brackie, the Fool” • “Peter the Czar” • “The Circle of Chalk” • “The Incredible Borgias”
Movement / Style Expressionism

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Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Ludwig Tieck
German writer
Christian Morgenstern
German poet
Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet
Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
German writer
Sadeq Hedayat.
Sadeq Hedayat
Iranian author
Mihály Babits
Hungarian author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Tankred Dorst
German author
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Volker Braun
German author
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt
German writer and producer
Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt
German writer and translator
Holtei, Karl von
Karl von Holtei
German author
Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
Fritz von Unruh.
Fritz von Unruh
German author
Toller
Ernst Toller
German writer

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