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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:
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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
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Mercy Otis Warren
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Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
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Frederick Douglass
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Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
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Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
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John Hope
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Appeal…to the Colored Citizens of the World…
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June Jordan.
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Barack Obama
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Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
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Alexander Hamilton
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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:
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
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry