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Ozymandias, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, And Shooting An Elephant

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As I near the end of my second to last semester of High school, I’ve taken the time to reflect on my English class. Professor McGee has taken my colleagues and I through a massive span of poets and writers. Choosing three of them is relatively easy, yet hard at the same time. I have my definite favorite, but finding two others that rise above the rest is the real challenge. Through some thought and review, I’ve made my choice for my three picks that I believe are important. I believe that Ozymandias, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Shooting an Elephant are the three texts that stick out to me the most. Ozymandias is the first text I’ll discuss. Ozymandias also happens to my favorite text we’ve studied. At first, I enjoyed this text for
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