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Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion.
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The speaker says that poetry has been their strongest and most lasting interest since they were fifteen. “Ruling passion” suggests that poetry has held an especially powerful place in their life, guiding what they care about more than other pursuits.
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