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Robert Frost accused this author of writing too much about “bric-a-brac.” This author describes “Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair” in a poem that ends with pigeons descending “on extended wings.” A man riding “over Connecticut” fears “the shadow of his equipage” in a poem by this author of “Sunday Morning.” (10[3])This author (10[1])asks why golden versions of the title figures are imagined by the “Thin men of Haddam” (10[1])in a poem (10[2])that opens “Among twenty snowy mountains.” Another poem by (10[1])this author commands the reader to “call the roller of big cigars.” For 10 points, name this American poet of “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (10[1])and “The Emperor of Ice Cream.” (10[1])■END■ (0[2])

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