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Near the end of this poem, the speaker declares “he prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.”A character in this poem is described as having “ribs through which the Sun did peer, as through a grate” and (10[1])skin“white as leprosy.” The soul of a man with a “long grey beard and glittering eye” is the subject of a dice-game in this poem between Death and Life-in-Death. The title (-5[1])character laments “water, water everywhere” while relating his tale (10[1])to Wedding-Guest (10[1])in this (10[1])poem. For 10 points, name this long poem in which an albatross is killed by the title sailor, written by Samuel Taylor (-5[1])Coleridge. ■END■

ANSWER: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
<Literature - British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU ANYU C4010
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonColumbia B71-5
Emily Bussa (UG)MarylandColumbia A8010
Kaiden Carey (DII)PennSwarthmore B8210
Miles Jaffee (DII)LehighRutgers8410
Ashish KumbhardareRowanUniversity of Delaware B106-5
Mihir Shetty (UG)Columbia BPrinceton1100

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y667%0%33%71.50