Packet I: Tossup 14

Descriptions of “a Turkish carpet,” “a wardrobe with a mirror,” and “three big wicker chairs” open a poem by this author that remarks “we separated for a week only / And then – that week became forever.” The speaker of one of this author’s poems desires that “mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony” (10[5]-5[1])and “sensual perfumes” (10[4])are (10[1])bestowed (10[1])upon the reader, (10[1])who is “destined” (10[1])to arrive in the (10[1])title location. (10[2]-5[1])The appendix (10[1])of Lawrence Durrell’s novel Justine (10[2])contains an English translation of a poem by this author (10[1])about (-5[1])a place that “will always follow you” (10[4])and “leave you no new (10[1])places to find.” (10[3])In one (-5[1])poem by this author, the title activity (10[1])is framed as an answer to questions (10[1])about “senators sitting there (10[1])without legislating” (10[3])and (10[1])being “assembled (10[1])in the forum.” (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, name this poet who described the title group as “a kind of solution” (10[1])in (10[1])“Waiting (-5[1])for the Barbarians.” (10[6]0[24])■END■

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