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2. The Kraken (poem) - Wikipedia

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   "The Kraken" is a sonnet by Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892) that describes the Kraken, a mythical creature.It was published in Tennyson's Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830).. The critic Christopher Ricks writes that it is among the best poems in the volume, all of which originate in Tennyson’s "despondency". [1]

3. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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   Reading comprehension and vocabulary are inextricably linked together. The ability to decode or identify and pronounce words is self-evidently important, but knowing what the words mean has a major and direct effect on knowing what any specific passage means while skimming a reading material.

4. The Hangman (poem) - Wikipedia

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   "The Hangman" is a poem written by Maurice Ogden in 1951 and first published in 1954. [1] The poem was originally published under the title "Ballad of the Hangman" in Masses and Mainstream magazine under the pseudonym "Jack Denoya", before later being "[r]evised and retitled".

5. Reading - Wikipedia

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   Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

6. Field Work (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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   [1] Joshua Weiner writes: "While the move south seemed to some a deliberate withdrawal from a previous political commitment to fight the British presence in Ireland, Field Work indicates rather a growing commitment to stay engaged, but to do so by maintaining the long view, which asks questions more than it assumes positions."

7. You Are Old, Father William - Wikipedia

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   Like most poems in Alice, the poem is a parody of a poem then well-known to children, Robert Southey's didactic poem "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them", originally published in 1799. Like the other poems parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice , this original poem is now mostly forgotten, and only the parody is remembered. [ 3 ]