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Francis Thompson: Medical Student and Poet

(I never could rememoer which)," after leaving Ushaw College, Durham, in July, 1877, became a medical student at Owen's College, Manchester. We do not know much more of his student days than of those of Keats, but whereas Keats qualified, Thompson never sat; at least, he never passed his medical examinations. Under the pressure of his family, he spent six years at this uncongenial task. He was ...

An English Poet in Scotland :

Travelling is at the core of the romantic experience of life, as it implies a form of reaching out in quest of experience, which will then be, to quote famous words, “recollected in tranquillity”. The romantic poets travelled considerably, both physically and mentally, and I will try to address the two forms of journey in this paper, since I believe that imaginary excursions colour our view of ...

Characteristics of Students Failing Medical Education: An Essay of Reflections

This essay offers a series of reflections by a psychologist who has evaluated and provided remediation and counseling to medical school students who are experiencing failure despite an intellectual capacity to succeed. The common thematic indicators for students who stumble in their medical education are described. Markers for potential-to-fail are suggested that relate to students’ Information...

Reflections of a Computer Poet on American Social Dynamics (Or How This Makes Sense)

We analyze computer-generated poems written with a mesostomatic algorithm. We show that computer-generated poetry is meaningful in the same way as human-generated poetry and that this poetic meaning must renounce one-to-one correspondence to reality, objective or subjective. We further show that the ability of a computer poet to produce meaning is stable with respect to a change in language. On...

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