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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
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Poetry: First Lines
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Also Known As José Julián Martí y Pérez • José Julián Martí
Born January 28, 1853 • Havana • Cuba
Died May 19, 1895 (aged 42) • Cuba
Notable Works “Versos libres”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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:
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