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Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.
An Odyssey of Grecian Literature
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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9 American Countercultural Books
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles
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When Was the Periodic Table Invented?
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9 Mind-Altering Plants
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Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?
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U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in 2019. (Meghan Markle, British royalty)
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Born March 9, 1905 • Birmingham • England
Died June 24, 1986 (aged 81) • England
Notable Works “Anabasis” • “Helen” • “Hippolytus” • “Prometheus Bound” • “The Aerodrome”
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
Andrew Lang
British scholar
Robert Graves
British writer
Frere, John Hookham
John Hookham Frere
English diplomat and writer
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canadian poet
Cesare Pavese
Italian author
H.D.
H.D.
American poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
Ahmed Ali
Pakistani writer
George Chapman, engraved portrait by W. Hole from the frontispiece to The Whole Works of Homer
George Chapman
English writer
Babette Deutsch
American poet, critic, translator, and novelist
Elizabeth Carter, portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Elizabeth Carter
British author
Mihály Babits
Hungarian author
Richmond Lattimore
American poet and translator
Elijah Fenton, engraving
Elijah Fenton
British poet
Thomas Tickell
English writer
Broome, engraving by J.-M. Delattre after a portrait by D. Heins, 18th century
William Broome
British scholar and poet
John Langhorne
English poet

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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
Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.
An Odyssey of Grecian Literature
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