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February 27 Literary Facts
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is born
Explore: Paul Revere's Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, How does Longfellow use poetic elements in "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"?
Angelina Weld Grimke is born
Edna St. Vincent Millay is born
Explore: Wild Swans, Love is not all, Renascence, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Identify the personification in lines 9 and 11 of "What lips my lips have kissed" by Millay. What effect does this have?
John Steinbeck is born
Explore: Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, The Grapes of Wrath, The Red Pony, The Chrysanthemums, East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Peter De Vries is born
Explore: The Blood of the Lamb, Peter De Vries
Kenneth Koch is born
Explore: Paradiso, Kenneth Koch
N. Scott Momaday is born
Explore: House Made of Dawn, The Ancient Child, The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday, What styles and narrative devices are used in Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain?
Josephine W. Johnson dies