Paolo Antonio Rolli

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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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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Colosseum, Rome, Italy. (Flavian Amphitheatre, arena)

19 Historic Buildings to Visit in Rome

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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Born	June 13, 1687 • Rome • Italy
Died	March 20, 1765 (aged 77) • Todi • Italy
Notable Works	“Paradise Lost”

Martin Opitz

German poet

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Eugenio Montale

Italian author

Attilio Bertolucci

Italian poet, literary critic and translator

Melchiorre Cesarotti

Italian author

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Elio Vittorini

Italian author

Vittorio Sereni

Italian poet, author, editor and translator

Monti, detail of an oil painting by A. Appiani; in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome

Vincenzo Monti

Italian author

Anna Banti

Italian author and critic

Giorgio Manganelli

Italian author

Ippolito Pindemonte

Italian writer

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

English artist

John Ciardi

American poet and critic

Robert Pinsky

American poet and critic

Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet

American author

Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke

English translator

Donald Justice

American poet and editor

Sir John Harington

English author

Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

English poet and translator

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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

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