The autobiographical poem cycle Singing School details both this poet’s upbringing amidst sectarian tensions and his literary influences. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Irish Poet who translated Beowulf and reflected on his childhood in poems like “Digging” and “The Death of a Naturalist.”
ANSWER: Seamus Heaney (“SHAY-muss HEE-nee”) [or Seamus Justin Heaney]
[10h] Singing School opens by quoting this author’s observation that “we have lived / In important places.” This Irish contemporary of Heaney wrote the poems “On Raglan Road” and “The Great Hunger,” as well as the novel Tarry Flynn.
ANSWER: Patrick Kavanagh (“KAV-uh-nuh”)
[10m] Singing School later quotes this author’s resolution to “tell everything, even of how the laundry basket squeaked.” A story by this non-Irish author ends with Laura stammering “Isn’t life?” after she delivers a basket of leftover food.
ANSWER: Katherine Mansfield (The story is “The Garden Party.”)
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