Round 6: 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 to the subject as (10[1])“my North, my South, my East and West.” (10[1]-5[1])A poem by this author claims (-5[1])“all school (-5[1])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.” (10[1])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 (10[1])1, 1939.” (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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