Question

A 1991 novel by Pat Barker revises this poet’s line “And half the seed of Europe, one by one” from “The Parable of the Old Man and the Young.” “The holy glimmers of goodbyes” are described in a poem by this author which mentions the “pallor of girls’ brows.” This friend of Siegfried Sassoon wrote a poem whose (10[1])speaker sees someone“flound’ring like (10[1])a man in fire or lime” during (10[1])“an ecstasy of fumbling.” This poet of “Anthem for Doomed Youth”describes men “Bent double, (10[1])like old beggars under sacks” in a poem titled for Horace’s “old Lie.” For 10 points, name this World War I poet of “Dulce et Decorum Est.” ■END■

ANSWER: Wilfred Owen [or Wilfred Edward Salter Owen]
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Rio Lucenet (UG)NYU CColumbia B5710
Frank Paz (DII)Swarthmore ARowan6110
Emily Bussa (UG)MarylandPenn6810
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonNYU A8210
SaifFordhamDelaware B1120
Andrea Ladino (UG)NYU BRutgers1120

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