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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

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James Fenton

British poet and journalist

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Pamphile Lemay

Canadian author

Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe

American poet

Millay, Edna St. Vincent

Edna St. Vincent Millay

American writer

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Joseph Blanco White

Spanish-English writer

John Davies, detail of an engraving, 1631

John Davies

English poet and writing master

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

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