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Frontispiece of The Iliad American poetry portal
A photo of Joy Harjo, a woman with long dark hair, framed by a stylized border with a wood grain and light streaks.
The video thumbnail image shows a scene of illustrated trees overlaid with a black-and-white photo of Robert Frost in profile,
Color illustration of Countee Cullen in profile, set against a purple background with white floral and map-like designs.
Bloomsday map of Dublin, Ireland Haiku exchange by Bashō and one of his pupils
An image of Joy Harjo, a Native American woman, imposed on a background of a notebook. A blue arrow points to Harjo with the label "poet laureate."
Quizzes
Hand with pencil writing on page. (handwriting; write)
Word Nerd Quiz
Textbook chalkboard and apple. Fruit of knowledge. Hompepage blog 2009, History and Society, school education students
The Literary World (Famous Novels)
Row of colorful books on a bookshelf. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
The Literary World
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
Books. Reading. Publishing. Print. Literature. Literacy. Rows of used books for sale on a table.
A Study of Writers
Read Next
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch
9 American Countercultural Books
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books
5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds
Ancient book lit by candle
9 Obscure Literary Terms
Spanish poet and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616), the author of 'Don Quixote de la Mancha', ca. 1590. An artist's impression since there are no contemporary likenesses of Cervantes.
The Afterlife of Miguel de Cervantes
Discover
Drinking water is poured into a glass.
Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts
Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.
What Is the Emoluments Clause?
US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.
Timeline of the 2000s
Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.
6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction
Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.
7 Deadliest Weapons in History
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World

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U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo reads “Perhaps the World Ends Here”
Harjo calls this her “kitchen table poem.”
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Reading and interpretation: “The Onset” by Robert Frost
What do a frog and a poet have in common? Ask Robert Frost.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Countee Cullen's poem “Confession”: Reading and analysis
If for a day joy masters me / Think not my wounds are healed.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Joy Harjo explains the job of poet laureate
From 2019 to 2022, Joy Harjo held the role of U.S. poet laureate.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Frontispiece of The Iliad
The Iliad, an epic of the Trojan War attributed to the ancient Greek poet...
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Haiku exchange by Bashō and one of his pupils
Record of a haiku exchange on kaishi writing paper by Japanese poet Bashō and...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018 (accession no. 2018.853.20); www.metmuseum.org

Interactives

American poetry portal
Banner for interactive poetry portal.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bloomsday map of Dublin, Ireland
An interactive map of James Joyce's Dublin from June 16, 1904, the date on which...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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