Answer the following about literary figures from the texts they send in a comedic 2014 book by Daniel Mallory Ortberg:
[10m] This love interest of a Charlotte Bronte novel constantly sends all-caps texts saying “DID YOU LEAVE BECAUSE OF MY ATTIC WIFE.” This guardian of Adele Varens disguises himself as a fortune-teller.
ANSWER: Mr. Edward Rochester (The book is Texts from Jane Eyre.)
[10e] This poet’s texts include “I just think it’s a little weird you don’t mind when a flea bites both of us but you won’t have sex with me.” This metaphysical poet of “The Flea” wrote “Death be not proud.”
ANSWER: John Donne
[10h] In a reference to this poem, a poet texts his friend “Bring me my Bow of burning gold; bring me my Arrows of desire” only to be told “you’re not allowed to have arrows.” This poem references “dark Satanic mills.”
ANSWER: “Jerusalem”
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