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Gulzar

Gulzar

writer, film producer, and director

Otway, miniature by Thomas Flatman, c. 1675; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Thomas Otway

English author

Payne, John Howard

John Howard Payne

American playwright

Sir Robert Howard, engraving by G. Vertue

Sir Robert Howard

English dramatist

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

Colorized engraving of English author Samuel Johnson; undated portrait.

Literary Terms and More 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