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The rich tradition of handing
in competition entries...
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...on the final day continues...
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...for yet another year.
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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...may l have your attention...
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...please, if you don't mind.
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''Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
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Death came with friendly care
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The opening bud to heaven convey'd--''
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How nice of you to join us.
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That's not part of the poem.
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''And bade it blossom there.''
Anyone?
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A little more early morning
reticence than usual.
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Mr. Coleridge.
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Please.
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Mr. Coleridge...
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...how many students would you say
we have here today?
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l'm not sure.
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Perhaps you could
humor us with a guess.
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-Thirty?
-Thirty.
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And of that 30, there isn't one person
who knows the author of that passage.
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l find that remarkable.
Don't you, Mr. Coleridge?
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Perhaps we should back into this.
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ln looking at this, what, if any,
conclusions might we be able to draw?
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You mean about the author?
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About anything.
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Do any of the words
strike you as unusual?
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Feel free to view this as
the appropriate time for a response.
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''Ere.''
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''Ere.'' And why is that unusual?
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Because...
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...it sounds old.
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lt does sound old, doesn't it?
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And you know why
it sounds old, Mr. Coleridge?