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International Festival of Poetry

American poetry portal

Reading and interpretation: “The Onset” by Robert Frost

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classical poetic metre

Learn about the love poetry written by Vittoria Colonna, Gaspara Stampa, and Lady Mary Wroth during the Renaissance

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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

Spanish poet and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616), the author of 'Don Quixote de la Mancha', ca. 1590. An artist's impression since there are no contemporary likenesses of Cervantes.

The Afterlife of Miguel de Cervantes

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International Festival of Poetry

classical poetic metre

Reading and interpretation: “The Onset” by Robert Frost

A photo of Joy Harjo, a woman with long dark hair, framed by a stylized border with a wood grain and light streaks.

An image of Joy Harjo, a Native American woman, imposed on a background of a notebook. A blue arrow points to Harjo with the label "poet laureate."

Learn about the love poetry written by Vittoria Colonna, Gaspara Stampa, and Lady Mary Wroth during the Renaissance

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Key People

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Poet John Milton

John Milton

English poet

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English author

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Italian artist

William Blake

William Blake

British writer and artist

Dante

Dante

Italian poet

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Ion of Chios

Greek poet

Louise Bennett-Coverley

Jamaican folklorist, poet, and radio and television personality

Antal

Indian poet

Samuel Ferguson

Irish writer

Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

William Augustus Muhlenberg

American theologian

Elizabeth Coatsworth

American author

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician and writer

Elena Văcărescu

Romanian author

Alice Cary

American poet

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

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

A Study of Poetry

Emily Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Emily Dickinson

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

Colorized engraving of English author Samuel Johnson; undated portrait.

Literary Terms and More Quiz

Illustration of John Stuart Mill by G.K. Chesterton from "Biography for Beginners" by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. No date on book, but c. 1905.

Literary Terms: A Pop Quiz

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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The Literary World

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

Beginning of the old English poem, Beowulf, believed to have been composed between 700 and 750. (Old English literature)

Poets and Poetry (Part Two) Quiz