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- Robert Browning

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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,

May gaze through these faint smokes curling whitely,

As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--

Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?

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To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

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W. B. Yeats

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W. B. Yeats1865–193919th century William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 and is best known for works such as 'The Second Coming' and 'Sailing to Byzantium'.