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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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Also Known As Hirayama Tōgo • Ibara Saikaku
Born 1642 • Ōsaka • Japan
Died September 9, 1693 (aged 51) • Ōsaka • Japan
Notable Works “Five Women Who Loved Love” • “The Life of an Amorous Man”
Movement / Style Danrin school
Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Satō Haruo
Japanese author
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Japanese author
Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
Japanese author
Ōe Kenzaburō
Ōe Kenzaburō
Japanese writer
Abe Kōbō
Japanese author
Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese writer
Uno Chiyo
Japanese writer
Enchi Fumiko
Japanese author
Shiga Naoya
Japanese writer
akutagawa ryunosuke
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
Japanese author
Dazai Osamu
Japanese author
Tanizaki Jun’ichirō
Japanese writer
Ariyoshi Sawako
Japanese author
Inoue Yasushi
Japanese writer
Mori Ōgai.
Mori Ōgai
Japanese author
Masamune Hakuchō.
Masamune Hakuchō
Japanese author
Yamazaki Sōkan
Japanese poet
Ibuse Masuji
Japanese writer

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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
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