In Ling Ma’s novel Severance, Balthasar emails the narrator this poem because it reminds him of her name. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this short poem in which “frost on the ground” inspires the speaker to “lift my head and see the moon / Lower my head and I miss my home.”
ANSWER: “Quiet Night Thought” [or “Quiet Night Thoughts” or “Thoughts in Night Quiet” or “Thoughts in the Silent Night” or similar translations; accept Jìngyèsī]
[10e] “Quiet Night Thought” and “Drinking Alone by Moonlight” are two of this Tang dynasty poet’s many poems about the moon.
ANSWER: Lǐ Bái [or Li Po or Lǐ Bó or Taìbaí]
[10h] In “Drinking Alone by Moonlight,” the moon, the speaker, and this thing “make three.” This thing belonging to the speaker “tangles and breaks” and “creeps about at my side.”
ANSWER: the speaker’s shadow
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