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One translation of this author alludes to Elton John by referring to lives snuffed out like “a candle in the wind” and is by Mary Jo Bang. (15[2])This author (15[1])wrote two sections themed on a Boethius-inspired praise for Lady Philosophy in an unfinished work titled (15[1])“The Banquet.” This author invented a verse form of stanzas (15[1])with 11-syllable (-5[1])lines (15[1])in which the first and third lines rhyme, (15[1])and the second line rhymes with the first and last lines of the next stanza. (*) Henry (10[3])Wadsworth (10[1])Longfellow (-5[1])translated a poem (10[1])by this author (-5[1])that opens with the narrator finding himself (10[1])in “a forest (10[1])dark.” (10[8])That poem (10[1])by (10[2])this author opens (10[1])“Midway through (10[1])life’s journey,” (10[1])after (10[1])which the narrator (10[1])encounters a lion, a leopard, (10[4])and a she-wolf. (10[1])For 10 points, name this poet credited with inventing terza rima to write The Divine Comedy. (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Dante Alighieri [or Dante Alighieri]
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