Round 9: Tossup 8

In one poem by this author, the speaker swears that “Once out of nature I shall never take / My bodily (-5[1])form from any natural thing.” The “ceremony of innocence is drowned” in a different poem by this author (10[1])that states (10[1])“the best lack (10[1])all conviction, (10[1])while the worst are full (10[1])of passionate intensity.” (10[1])This poet envisioned a “tattered coat upon a stick” in a poem that begins by lamenting “that is no country for old (10[1])men.” (10[1])Chinua (-5[1])Achebe took the title for Things Fall Apart from a poem by this author (10[1])that ends by envisioning a “rough beast” that “slouches toward Bethlehem to be born.” For 10 points, (-5[1])name this author of “Sailing to Byzantium” and “The Second Coming.” ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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