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A Study of Poetry
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Born December 4, 1861 • Iceland
Died December 13, 1922 (aged 61) • Reykjavík • Iceland
Notable Works “Heimdallur”
Movement / Style det moderne gennembrud • realism

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Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness
Icelandic writer
Snorri Sturluson
Icelandic writer
Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson
Icelandic poet
Tómas Gudmundsson
Icelandic poet
Egill Skallagrímsson
Icelandic poet
Hallgrímsson, Jónas
Jónas Hallgrímsson
Icelandic poet
Hallgrímur Pétursson
Icelandic poet
Thorsteinn Erlingsson
Icelandic poet
Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Davíð Stefánsson
Icelandic author
Matthías Jochumsson
Icelandic author
Thórarensen, Bjarni Vigfússon
Bjarni Vigfússon Thórarensen
Icelandic poet
Steingrímur Thorsteinsson
Icelandic poet
Hjálmar Jónsson
Icelandic poet
Einar Benediktsson
Icelandic poet
Eggert Ólafsson
Icelandic poet
Jón Arason
Icelandic poet and bishop
Jakob Thorarensen
Icelandic poet
Stephansson, Stephan G.
Stephan G. Stephansson
Icelandic poet
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Danish bishop and poet

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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
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