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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:
Poetry: First Lines

George Woodcock: Facts & Related Content

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Born May 8, 1912 • Winnipeg • Canada
Died January 28, 1995 (aged 82) • Vancouver • Canada
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff
Canadian political leader
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A.J.M. Smith
Canadian poet and anthologist
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Patrick Anderson
Canadian poet
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Tom MacInnes
Canadian writer
Harriet Martineau, detail of an engraving
Harriet Martineau
British author
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author
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John Lehmann
British poet
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Geoffrey Grigson
British editor and poet
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
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Sir Charles G.D. Roberts
Canadian poet
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Earle Birney
Canadian writer and educator
William Kirby.
William Kirby
Canadian writer
Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service
Canadian writer
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
American-English writer T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar

Related Quizzes

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:
Poetry: First Lines