Round 5: 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.” (10[2]-5[1])In one poem, this poet refers to the subject as “my North, my South, my East and West.” A poem by this author claims “all school children learn / Those to whom evil (10[1])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.” (10[1])The line (10[1])“I sit in one of the dives / On Fifty-second (10[1])Street” 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” and “September 1, 1939.” ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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