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“In Flanders Fields”
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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
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7 Drugs that Changed the World
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How Do Antacids Work?
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
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9 Mind-Altering Plants
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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
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6 Wars of Independence
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Born November 30, 1872 • Guelph • Canada
Died January 28, 1918 (aged 45)
Notable Works “In Flanders Fields” • “In Flanders Fields and Other Poems”

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“In Flanders Fields”
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Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
Alphonse de Lamartine
French poet, historian, and statesman
Léopold Senghor
Léopold Senghor
president of Senegal
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Andrieux, François
François Andrieux
French lawyer and dramatist
Déroulède, Paul
Paul Déroulède
French politician, poet, and dramatist
Marie-Joseph de Chénier, lithograph by François Le Villain, 19th century.
Marie-Joseph de Chénier
French author
Dominique-Jean, Baron Larrey
French military surgeon
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d'
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
Albert Gondi
Florentine diplomat and politician
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France

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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