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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”
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
Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch
9 American Countercultural Books
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How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
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”
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Born January 22, 1922 • New York City • New York
Died September 16, 1987 (aged 65) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors National Book Award
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Frank O'Hara
Frank O’Hara
American poet
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
American author
Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
Marya Mannes
American author and critic
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet
Mona Van Duyn
Mona Van Duyn
American poet
John Crowe Ransom
American poet and critic
Richard Wilbur
American poet
T.S. Eliot, 1955
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Hildegarde Flanner
American writer
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren
American writer and historian
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
American playwright and actor
Daniel Berrigan
Daniel Berrigan
American priest and poet

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