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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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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Washington, D.C. locator map.
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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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Red Army (Soviet) soldiers in the Russian Revolution.
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W.D. Snodgrass: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 09, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2024
Added/Edited contact info: Poetry Foundation - Biography of W. D. Snodgrass. Apr 23, 2019
Add new Web site: The New York Times - W.D. Snodgrass, 83, a Poet of Intensely Autobiographical Themes, Is Dead. Feb 24, 2017
Add new Web site: The Poetry Archive - Biography of W.D. Snodgrass. Jul 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of W. D. Snodgrass. Jul 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of W. D. Snodgrass. Jul 08, 2013
Birth/death information updated. Jan 15, 2009
Added new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of W. D. Snodgrass. Dec 23, 2008
Article revised. Jan 29, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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