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The NS Poem: Full of flint

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74% Informative

Annabel Taylor-Munt is a poet, film-maker and lecturer who grew up in the north of England .

She was in the ear canal when the knock came with an offer of someone else’s child.

She did not have my eyes. I tried to take them out, make room for new ones. One lunch time, I pushed my nails into her tiny sockets, yanked to see if they fit.

VR Score

69

Informative language

63

Neutral language

80

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

12

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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