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Period: Apr 23, 1564 to
William Shakespeare
A famous Poet and playwriter during the late 16th and early 17th century in England. Little is known about his childhood and education. He married Anne Hatheway and had several children but we don't know much about his family life.
Works include: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, A Midsummer's Nights Dream, and Macbeth. The main themes of his plays are history, comedy, tragedy, and tragiccomedies. -
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Charles Dickens
Dickens had to drop out of school twice to help support his family. His second drop out resulted in him working as an office boy which became an early starting point for his writing career. He was a reporter for newspapers before he started writing his own novels, Many which include Oliver's Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. -
Emily Dickinson
A poet who lived most of her life in seclusion except when visiting her family who lived close to her. Her poems were written based off of what she read, saw, or learned from other people. Most of her poems don't have titles but are labeled according to the order they bound together in when found by her family upon her death. Only a few of her poems have titles such as "Hope the Thing with Feathers" -
Robert Frost
An educator and poet, Frost was unknown for his work for over 40 years. It was only until before WWI that his works became widely popular. One of his most famous poems is The Road Not Taken.
