Round 9: Tossup 8

In one poem by this author, the speaker swears that “Once out of nature I shall never take / My bodily form from any natural thing.” The “ceremony of innocence is drowned” in a different poem by this author that states “the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate (10[1])intensity.” This poet envisioned a “tattered coat upon a stick” in a poem (10[1])that begins (10[2])by lamenting “that is no country for old men.” (10[2])Chinua Achebe took the title for Things Fall Apart from a poem by this author that ends by envisioning (10[1])a “rough beast” that “slouches toward Bethlehem to be born.” For 10 points, name this author of “Sailing to Byzantium” (-5[1])and “The Second Coming.” ■END■ (10[2])

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