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International Festival of Poetry

Reading and interpretation: “The Onset” by Robert Frost

classical poetic metre

Learn about the love poetry written by Vittoria Colonna, Gaspara Stampa, and Lady Mary Wroth during the Renaissance

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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

Spanish poet and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616), the author of 'Don Quixote de la Mancha', ca. 1590. An artist's impression since there are no contemporary likenesses of Cervantes.

The Afterlife of Miguel de Cervantes

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

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Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Poet John Milton

John Milton

English poet

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English author

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Italian artist

William Blake

William Blake

British writer and artist

Dante

Dante

Italian poet

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen

English author

Percival Everett

Percival Everett

American author

Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong

American writer

Pat Mora

Pat Mora

American poet, author, and activist

Kevin Young

Kevin Young

American poet, essayist, and editor

Layli Long Soldier

Layli Long Soldier

American poet

Rodolfo Gonzales

Rodolfo Gonzales

Mexican American boxer, writer, and civil rights activist

Ada Limón, 2022

Ada Limón

American poet

Nikki Grimes

Nikki Grimes

American author and poet

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander

American poet and children’s author

David Unaipon

David Unaipon

Australian inventor, writer, and activist

Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown

American poet

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Illustration of John Stuart Mill by G.K. Chesterton from "Biography for Beginners" by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. No date on book, but c. 1905.

Literary Terms: A Pop Quiz

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

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The Literary World

Emily Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Emily Dickinson

Beginning of the old English poem, Beowulf, believed to have been composed between 700 and 750. (Old English literature)

Poets and Poetry (Part Two) Quiz

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

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

Colorized engraving of English author Samuel Johnson; undated portrait.

Literary Terms and More Quiz

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry