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Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon
(Encyclopedia) Kunitz, Stanley JassponKunitz, Stanley Jassponky&oomacr;ˈnĭts [key], 1905–2006, American poet, teacher, and editor, b. Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard (B.A., 1926; M.A…Lyrical Poems
ContentsBefore the AltarSuggested by the Cover of a Volume of Keats's PoemsApples of HesperidesAzure and GoldPetalsVenetian GlassFatigueA Japanese Wood-CarvingA Little SongBehind a WallA…Taliesin
(Encyclopedia) Taliesin or TaliessinTaliesinboth: tălēĕsˈĭn [key], 6th cent.?, Welsh bard, whose Book of Taliesin is one of the great Welsh poetic works. The book exists only in a 13th-century form,…Ginsberg, Allen
(Encyclopedia) Ginsberg, AllenGinsberg, Allengĭnzˈbûrg [key], 1926–97, American poet, b. Paterson, N.J., grad. Columbia, 1949. An outspoken member of the beat generation, Ginsberg is best known for…Abercrombie, Lascelles
(Encyclopedia) Abercrombie, LascellesAbercrombie, Lascelleslăsˈəlz [key], 1881–1938, English poet and critic. Complex and cerebral in style, his poetry often expresses his distaste for 20th-century…Holmes, Oliver Wendell, American author and physician
(Encyclopedia) Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809–94, American author and physician, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1829; M.D., 1836); father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He began his medical…Classic Love Poems on the Web
Love is only a click away by Ann-Marie Imbornoni From Donald Hall to Shakespeare, Byron to Browning, a wide sampling of some of the best known love poetry is just a few keystrokes away. Some…Sassoon, Siegfried
(Encyclopedia) Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967, English poet and novelist. A heroic and decorated officer in World War I, he nonetheless expressed his conviction of the brutality and waste of war in…Songs and Sonnets
John DonneContentsThe FleaThe Good-MorrowSongWoman's ConstancyThe UndertakingThe Sun RisingThe IndifferentLove's UsuryThe CanonizationThe Triple FoolLovers' InfinitenessSongThe LegacyA…Oliver, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Oliver, Mary, 1935–2019, American poet, b. Cleveland, Ohio, studied Ohio State Univ., Vassar. She published her first collection of poems, No Voyage and Other Poems, in 1963. She was a…Trending
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