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  2. Parable of the Sunfish - Wikipedia

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    Agassiz finally tells the student to "look at the fish" and "[a]t the end of three weeks the fish was in an advanced state of decomposition, but the student knew something about it." [1]: 18 The text of the parable itself spans 131 words over sixteen lines and is often reproduced in full when cited. [2] [3] [4]

  3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    A statue of the Ancient Mariner with the albatross hung from his neck at Watchet Harbour, Somerset, England, unveiled in September 2003 as a tribute to Coleridge. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that was first published in 1798, has been referenced in various works of popular culture.

  4. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    Poem by Ujō Noguchi, a basis on factual events is disputed. Alphabet Song: Several other titles... [c] United States 1835 [14] The melody in this format was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee. Alouette: Canada: 1870 [15] Mentioned in "A Pocket Song Book for the Use of Students and Graduates of McGill Colle ...

  5. List of long poems in English - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English poems over 1000 lines. This list includes poems that are generally identified as part of the long poem genre, being considerable in length, and with that length enhancing the poems' meaning or thematic weight. This alphabetical list is incomplete, as the label of long poem is selectively and inconsistently applied in ...

  6. The Fish (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Fish is a 1918 poem by the American poet Marianne Moore. The poem was published in the August 1918 issue of The Egoist . Moore's biographer, Linda Leavell, has described "The Fish" as "...one of Moore's best-loved and most mystifying poems" and that it is "Admired for its imagery and technical proficiency". [ 1 ]

  7. The Mersey Sound (anthology) - Wikipedia

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    The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpool poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967, when it launched the poets into "considerable acclaim and critical fame". [1] It went on to sell over 500,000 copies, becoming one of the bestselling poetry anthologies of all time.

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  9. The Fisherman and his Flute - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, it was translated as bagpipe by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, in her rendering of his poem. [ 5 ] La Fontaine had made of the story an artificial pastoral in which Tircis tried to charm the fishes to the hook of the shepherdess Annette but did not succeed until he used a net to catch them.