Question

This poet commonly names a six-line stanza with AAABAB rhyme scheme, which this author used in a poem that describes “an eldritch ‘quack, quack,’” titled “Address to the Devil.” This poet warns, “Pleasures are like poppies spread / you seize the flower, its bloom is shed,” in a poem that ends as a horse has its tail ripped off. (15[4])A (15[1])bawdy poem by this author (15[1])begins, “Jenny’s all wet” (15[1])and repeats (-5[1])the line, “gin (“ghen”) a body meet a body,” (15[1])which (-5[1])(*) Holden Caulfield (10[1])misquotes in a scene (10[1])that provides (10[1]-5[1])the title (10[1])of (10[1]-5[1])The Catcher in the Rye. (10[2])This (10[1])poet (10[2])hails (10[3])“inspiring bold (10[1])John Barleycorn” in a poem whose protagonist encounters “warlocks and witches in a dance” on his (10[1])horse ride home after getting (-5[2])incredibly drunk. For 10 points, name this poet of “Tam o’ Shanter,” (10[3])a Scotsman (10[3])who (10[1])also penned (10[1])“Auld Lang Syne.” (10[4])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: Robert Burns [or Rabbie Burns]
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