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.” In one poem, this (10[1])poet refers to the subject as (10[1])“my North, my South, my East and (-5[1])West.” (10[1])A poem by this author claims (-5[1])“all school children (10[1])learn (10[1])/ 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 in one of the dives / On Fifty-second 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[1])

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