FAMOUS POETS William ShakespeareE. E. Cummings Robert
FrostEdgar Allan Poe Maya Angelou Elizabeth Barrett Browning Emily
Dickinson William Wordsworth Click on each picture to learn about
that poet Click to Move on to Questions
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE April 23, 1564- April 23, 1616 Wrote 154
Sonnets Wrote 37 Plays Born in Stratford- upon- Avon Had 7 brothers
and sisters Married Anne Hathaway Had 8 children Part of Lord
Chamberlains Men Famous Works: Romeo and Juliet A Mid Summer
Night's Dream The Tempest The Taming of the Shrew Sonnet 18 Sonnet
116 Sonnet 29 Return to Famous Poets
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E. E. CUMMINGS Edward Estlin Cummings October 14, 1894-
September 3, 1962 Born in Cambridge, MA One child: Nancy Painter
Married Elaine Orr; Anne Minnerly Barton; Marrion Morehouse Wrote 1
poem every day for 14 years Graduated from Harvard University
Famous Works: I Carry Your Heart With Me The Enormous Room Tulips
and Chimneys XLI Poems Is 5 ViVa HIM Elmi No Thanks Return to
Famous Poets
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ROBERT FROST March 26,1874- January 29, 1963 Born in San
Francisco, CA Moved to Lawrence, MA after fathers death Attended
Dartmouth and Harvard 4x Pulitzer Prize Winner Married Elinor White
5 children United States Poet Laureate Famous Works: The Road Not
Taken Christmas Trees In The Home Stretch Meeting and Passing Bond
and Free A Time to Talk Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Hyla
Brook Return to Famous Poets
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EDGAR ALLAN POE January 29, 1809- October 7, 1849 Born in
Boston, MA Father left early on; Mother died when he was 3 Father
of the Detective Story Went to University of Virginia Married his
cousin, Virginia Alcoholic Died in debt Famous Works: The Raven The
Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-tale Heart Murders in the Rue
Morgue The Purloined Letter The Bells Annabel Lee A Dream Within A
Dream Return to Famous Poets
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MAYA ANGELOU Born Marguerite Annie Johnson April 4, 1928- May
28, 2014 Author, poet, dancer, actress, singer, Civil Rights
Activist Abused as a child Attended California Labor School Had a
son at 16 Married Anastasios Angelopulus Became Maya Angelou Famous
Works: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Touched By An Angel Woman
Work Still I Rise Alone Insomniac The Lesson They Went Home Return
to Famous Poets
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ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING March 6, 1806- June 29, 1861 Born in
Kelloe, UK Died in Florence, Italy Married Robert Browning Had one
son One of the most prominent poets during the Victorian Era Oldest
of 12 children Disinherited by father and brothers after marriage
to Browning Famous Works: How Do I Love Thee? A Dead Rose The Cry
of the Children A Womans Shortcomings Change Upon Change A Thought
For a Lonely Death-Bed Sonnet 14 My Heart and I Return to Famous
Poets
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EMILY DICKINSON December 10, 1830- May 15, 1886 Born in
Amherst, MA Filled notebooks with poems and letters that were not
found or published until after her death Grandfather founded
Amherst College Attended Amherst College and Mount Holyoke Female
Seminary Never Married Suffered from depression Famous Works: Hope
is the thing with feathers Faith is a fine invention A bird came
down A coffin- is a small domain Why do I love You Sir? A Dying
Tiger- moaned for Drink Because I Could Not Stop for Death I Cannot
Live Without You Return to Famous Poets
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH April 7, 1770- April 23, 1850 Born in
Cumberland, England He and 4 siblings were orphaned Attended St.
Johns College Part of French Revolution Fathered Caroline out of
wedlock Married Mary Hutchinson Had 5 children with Mary Famous
Works: Daffodils A Farewell The Solitary Reapers A Complaint A
Night Thought It was an April Morning: Fresh and Clear I Wandered
Lonely as a Cloud Calm is all nature as a resting wheel Return to
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WHO WROTE I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD? A) Maya Angelou B)
William Wordsworth C) William Shakespeare D) E. E. Cummings
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CORRECT! William Wordsworth wrote I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud
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WHO WAS AN AUTHOR, POET, DANCER, ACTRESS, SINGER, AND CIVIL
RIGHTS ACTIVIST? A) Maya AngelouB) Emily Dickinson C) Elizabeth
Barrett BrowningD) E. E. Cummings
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CORRECT! Maya Angelou was an author, poet, dancer, actress,
singer, and Civil Rights Activist! Click Here to Move on to the
Next Question
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WHICH POET WAS NOT FAMOUS UNTIL AFTER THEIR DEATH? A) Maya
AngelouB) Emily Dickinson C) Elizabeth Barrett BrowningD) E. E.
Cummings
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CORRECT! Emily Dickinsons work was not discovered or published
until after she died. Click Here to Move on to the Next
Question
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THIS POET DIED ON THEIR BIRTHDAY A) William WordsworthB) Emily
Dickinson C) William ShakespeareD) Edgar Allan Poe
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CORRECT! William Shakespeare was born and died on April 23,
just 52 years apart! Click Here to Move on to the Next
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THIS POET WAS ALSO A PAINTER A) Edgar Allan PoeB) Emily
Dickinson C) William ShakespeareD) E. E. Cummings
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CORRECT! E. E. Cummings was a painter as well as a poet! Click
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