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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

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

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Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin

Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok

Just How Many Oceans Are There?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Baptized	January 15, 1610
Died	February 9, 1643 • England

William Painter

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Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

English poet and translator

George Sandys

English poet and traveler

Jasper Heywood

English priest and poet

Gawin Douglas

Scottish bishop and poet

Martin Opitz

German poet

Alexander Pope

English author

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

English artist

Nicholas Udall

English writer

Anthony Munday

English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator

George Chapman

English writer

Elizabeth Carter

British author

Thomas May

English scholar

Elijah Fenton

British poet

Sir Richard Baker

British author

Terence Tiller

British writer

Thomas Tickell

English writer

Broome, engraving by J.-M. Delattre after a portrait by D. Heins, 18th century

William Broome

British scholar and poet

Josuah Sylvester

English writer

John Langhorne

English poet

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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

Books. Lord Alfred Tennyson. Lord Byron. Poetry. Reading. Literacy. Library. Antique. A stack of four antique leather bound books.

Poets and Poetry of Great Britain Quiz

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

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