Extracts from Literature

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The Music of Silence by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Coleridge’s epic poem, the Ancient Mariner, amid the horrors of a ship of dead men, sees a sight both beautiful and surreal.

The Ancient Mariner has wantonly killed an albatross, and brought death and destruction on his ship. Surrounded now by the dead bodies of the crew, a new and ghostly sight meets his eyes.

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November by Thomas Hood

Humorist Thomas Hood obviously didn’t like to see the nights drawing in

November weather isn’t always as miserable as Hood makes out. But the sun doesn’t rise until half-past seven in the morning, and it sets just after four o’clock, so the days are a little short.

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Unsung Heroes by Thomas Gray

The poet reflects on the obscure lives that most of us lead.

We find in a churchyard people who had the same talents as the great figures of English history and poetry, but not their chance to achieve fame.

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