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Robert Burns

It seems virtually impossible to think of Robert Burns apart from Scotland. He is honored as the Scottish national poet, and for many readers, especially in America, knowledge of the language and landscape of

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Auld Lang Syne

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January 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson recites his "Boston Hymn" during a celebration of the newly-signed Emancipation Proclamation in 1863

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What famous English poet was thought to have had an affair with Anne Boleyn before she married King Henry VIII?

Answer

Sir Thomas Wyatt. He was imprisoned briefly at the time of her downfall. His sonnet "Whoso List to Hunt" very likely makes reference to her in the final line: "Noli me tangere; for Caesar's I am."

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