William Henry Davies, (1871—1940) was an English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the poetry of most of his contemporaries.

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Bertolt Brecht (1898 — 1956) is widely considered as one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century literature. An acclaimed poet, he is best known as a playwright and director. His 'epic theatre' revolutionized the theatre by creating radical breaks from traditional literary and theatrical form in an effort to facilitate social change. He targeted designing a revolutionary aesthetic which would facilitate the advent of a Marxist revolution.

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Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet whose short, personal lyrics were noted for their classical simplicity and quiet intensity. Some of her work anticipated modern feminist verse and the intimate, autobiographical style known as confessional poetry.

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Hour after Hour, Day after Day ("Hora tras hora, día tras día") Translated by Muriel Kittel. Rosalia de Castro (1837-1885) was a Galician writer, best known for her poetry and for her contribution to the revival of the Galician language in Spain. She was also one of the leading figures of the ‘Rexurdimento’ (Galician Revival), a literary movement that bloomed during the second half of the 19th century that aimed to liberate Galicia from its cultural and political ostracism.

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William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) was an influential British editor, critic and poet of the late-Victorian period. As the editor of several literary magazines, Henley exerted a considerable influence on the literary culture of his time. He and his followers (known jokingly as the Henley Regatta) promoted realism and opposed Decadence in literature through his own essays and through the works of authors he published.

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Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885), was a prominent literary figure during the nineteenth century Romantic Movement in France. He was an eminent French novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. It was his poetry that first earned him fame in the literary world and later his novels and plays brought him recognition.

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The Pool and the Soul ("Comme dans les étangs.") Translated by R.F. HODGSON.

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Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) is one of the most important American poets of the 19th century. Although only a few of her poems were published during her lifetime, her body of work—nearly 1,800 poems altogether—has become a staple of the American literary canon, and is now considered among the finest in the English language.

Poetry Video: https://youtu.be/2-22eVT5-yM

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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was a Bohemian-Austrian poet widely recognized as one of German language's greatest 20th century poets. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several volumes of correspondence and though he is most known for his contributions to German literature, over 400 of his poems, were originally written in French and dedicated to the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Through his writings, he invokes images that focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude and anxiety. These themes position him as a transitional figure between traditional and modernist writers and makes his works much sought after in the current age of existential angst.

Poetry Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5YwjMlFowY

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