Kitahara Hakushū: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Kitahara Ryūkichi
Born	January 25, 1885 • Fukuoka • Japan
Died	November 2, 1942 (aged 57) • Tokyo • Japan
Notable Works	“Jashūmon”

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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

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

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