And if you have managed to graduate from collegewithout ever having written 'Man vs. Nature'

Another notes the presence of 'Irony'fifty times outside the paragraphs of A Modest Proposal.

#40 on top 500 poets Billy Collins Poems Comments Stats E-Books Biography Poems by Billy Collins : 23 / 52 « prev. poem next poem » Marginalia Poem by Billy Collins var videoContent = document.getElementById('contentElement'); var offsetWidth = videoContent.offsetWidth; var offsetHeight = videoContent.offsetHeight; var referrer_url = document.referrer; var adsManager; var adsLoader; var adDisplayContainer; var intervalTimer; var vast_code = 'https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-video-pub-3785345259461815&slotname=Poemhunter_Desktop_Preroll&ad_type=video&description_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poemhunter.com&max_ad_duration=30000&videoad_start_delay=0&vpmute=0&vpa=0'; if (referrer_url.indexOf("poemhunter.com") == -1 || referrer_url.indexOf("poemhunter.com") >= 20 || referrer_url == null || referrer_url == "") { videoContent.muted = true; } function createAdDisplayContainer() { adDisplayContainer = new google.ima.AdDisplayContainer(document.getElementById('adContainer')); } function requestAds() { checkAutoplaySupport(); 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} }; Sometimes the notes are ferocious,skirmishes against the authorraging along the borders of every pagein tiny black script.