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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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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”
Ancient book lit by candle
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
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books
5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds
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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
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”
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants

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Born c.1385 • Bayeux • France
Died c.1433 • Avignon • France
Notable Works “La Belle Dame sans merci” • “Livre des quatre dames” • “Quadrilogue invectif”
Movement / Style rhétoriqueurs
Christine de Pisan
Christine de Pisan
French writer
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq
French author
Théophile Gautier
French author
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Pierre-Jean Jouve
French author
Tyard, engraving
Pontus de Tyard
French poet
Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond
French author
Marc-Antoine de Muret
French author
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, detail of a drawing by Carrière, 1823
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
French author and actress
Émile Deschamps
French poet
Clément Marot, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the Bibliothèque Protestante, Paris.
Clément Marot
French poet
Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War
Jean Froissart
French poet and historian
Chastellain, Georges
Georges Chastellain
Burgundian author
Eustache Deschamps
French writer
Pamphile Lemay
Canadian author
Hébert, Anne
Anne Hébert
Canadian poet and novelist
Louis-Honoré Fréchette.
Louis-Honoré Fréchette
Canadian poet
Bibaud, engraving
Michel Bibaud
French-Canadian author
Félix-Antoine Savard
Canadian author
Jean Lemaire de Belges
Belgian poet

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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