Question

In a poem by this author, the speaker bribes “little brethren” and would give up the title substance “To embalm thy father’s corpse,” asking, “what? will he die?” This author’s elegies include one titled “The Perfume” and one where the speaker claims “There is no penance due to innocence” and calls the title subject, “my America! my new-found-land.” (10[2]-5[1])The speaker of another poem by this poet uses “gold to airy thinness beat” (10[1])as (-5[1])a (10[1])comparison for a unity (10[1])that is not “A breach, but an expansion.” In a poem by this author of “To His (10[1])Mistress Going (10[1])to Bed,” (10[4]-5[1])the speaker (10[1])tells the title subject, (10[1])“Thou art slave to (10[1])fate, (10[1]-5[1])chance, (10[2])[and] kings.” (10[6])For (10[2])10 points, name this metaphysical (10[1]-5[1])poet of “Death, be (10[1])not proud” (10[4])and the collection (-5[1])Holy Sonnets. (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[5])

ANSWER: John Donne
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Charles YoungColumbia AHaverford A72-5
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan A7310
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Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaNYU B9810
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU AMissouri9810
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ATufts B9810
Ciaran Strimaitis (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)10010
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William OrrYale ANortheastern A10810
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Jem BurchYale BBowdoin B12410
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