Round 2: Tossup 8

The speaker of a poem by this author asks “Who can reach the deaf / Who can speak for the dumb?” before claiming to be composed “of Eros and of dust.” In one poem, this poet refers (10[1])to the subject as “my North, (-5[1])my South, my East and West.” (10[1])A poem by this (10[1])author claims (10[1])“all school children learn / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return.” A poem by this author suggests using a “juicy bone” to quiet a barking dog, and commands “stop all the clocks.” The line “I sit (10[1])in one of the dives / On Fifty-second Street” (10[1])opens a poem in which this author asserts “We must love one another or die.” For 10 points, name this British-American poet of “Funeral Blues” (-5[1])and “September 1, (10[1])1939.” (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

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