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Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska’s poetry was little-known outside of Poland until she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996. Her work, however, has spanned twentieth-century Polish history. She was born in Bnin, a section of

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What early American poet was shocked to find that her poetry had been published in England under the title The Tenth Muse Lately sprung up in America ?

Answer

Anne Bradstreet

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