John Marston

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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”

Discover

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

John Marston: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Baptized	October 7, 1576
Died	June 25, 1634 • London • England
Notable Works	“Eastward Ho” • “Histrio-mastix” • “Last Instructions to a Painter” • “The Dutch Courtezan” • “The Malcontent” • “The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image and Certaine Satyres”
Movement / Style	Jacobean age

Poet John Dryden

John Dryden

British author

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

Jonson, Ben

Ben Jonson

English writer

Thomas Middleton, engraving

Thomas Middleton

English dramatist

George Chapman, engraved portrait by W. Hole from the frontispiece to The Whole Works of Homer

George Chapman

English writer

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

John Gay

British author

Thomas Lodge

English writer

George Gascoigne

George Gascoigne

English poet

Otway, miniature by Thomas Flatman, c. 1675; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Thomas Otway

English author

Suckling, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Sir John Suckling

English poet and dramatist

Robert Armin

English actor

Richard Savage

English writer

English playwright and poet

James Shirley

English playwright

Anne Ridler

British writer

Thomas Randolph

English poet and dramatist

Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.

Walter de la Mare

British author

Thomas Nabbes

English writer

William Whitehead

British poet

John Fletcher, engraving

John Fletcher

English dramatist

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

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

A Study of Poetry