Kathleen Raine

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Read Next

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

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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

Kathleen Raine: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Kathleen Jessie Raine
Born	June 14, 1908 • London • England
Died	July 6, 2003 (aged 95) • London • England
Notable Works	The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Subjects Of Study	William Blake

Matthew Arnold

British critic

Sir Herbert Read

British art critic

William Blake

British writer and artist

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British poet and critic

William Morris

British artist and author

Wyndham Lewis

British artist and writer

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Robert Graves

British writer

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

William Empson

British critic and poet

William Michael Rossetti

English art critic

John Wain

British critic and writer

T.E. Hulme

English critic and poet

C. Day-Lewis

British poet

Austin Dobson

British author

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British writer

Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet

English poet

Lascelles Abercrombie

British author

Edward Young

English author

Quiz

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

Kathleen Raine: Facts & Related Content

Facts

Related Biographies

Related Quizzes and Features