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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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Also Known As Sonia Benita Sanchez • Wilsonia Benita Driver
Born September 9, 1934 (age 90) • Birmingham • Alabama
Notable Works “Does Your House Have Lions?” • “Homecoming” • “It’s a New Day” • “Morning Haiku” • “Shake Loose My Skin” • “The Bronx Is Next” • “Uh Huh: But How Do It Free Us?” • “Under a Soprano Sky” • “homegirls & handgrenades”
Movement / Style Black Arts movement
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren
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Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
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Stanley Crouch
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Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Barlow, Joel
Joel Barlow
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Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
American author and leader
Adams, Henry
Henry Adams
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Richard Wright
Richard Wright
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John Hope
John Hope
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Appeal…to the Colored Citizens of the World…
David Walker
American abolitionist
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
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June Jordan.
June Jordan
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Susan Rice
American public official and foreign policy analyst
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
president of United States
Abraham Lincoln portrait
Abraham Lincoln
president of United States
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
president of United States
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
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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