A poem titled for one of these creatures describes “her perishable souvenir of hope” and compares “close-laid Ionic chiton (“KYE-ton”)-folds” to “lines in the mane of a Parthenon horse.” One of these creatures titles a poem that begins with the questions “For authorities whose hopes are shaped by mercenaries? Writers entrapped by teatime fame and by commuters’ comforts?” and was written by Marianne Moore. A poem originally published in The Atlantic Monthly describes one of these creatures as a “frail tenant” who “stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.” In that poem, this creature resides “where the Siren sings” and “Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.” That poem titled for one of these creatures describes its “webs of living gauze” as a “ship of pearl” and states, “Build thee more stately mansions.” For 10 points, name this sea creature that titles an Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. poem in which it is “chambered.” ■END■
ANSWER: nautilus [or nautili; accept “The Chambered Nautilus”; accept “The Paper Nautilus”; accept chambered nautilus, chambered nautili, pearly nautilus, or pearly nautili; accept paper nautilus or paper nautili or argonauts; prompt on cephalopods, molluscs, octopus, octopodes, or octopi; reject “squid”]
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