Question

This poet wrote “I call in the boy, / Have him sit on his knees here / To seal this” to conclude a poem about the title “Exile’s Letter.” The speaker of (10[1])another poem by this author describes how “Forty-eight thousand years had passed” and sighs as he looks westward. This author, who wrote “Such travelling is harder than scaling the blue sky” in a poem about the title “Hard Roads,” (-5[1])wrote a poem (10[1])in which the speaker says “May we… meet at last (10[1])on the Cloudy River of the sky.” The speaker of a poem by this author sees frost on the ground (10[1])and says (10[3])“Lifting my head I gaze at the bright moon / Bowing my head, thinking of home.” For 10 points, name this Táng dynasty (10[1])author of “Drinking Alone by Moonlight” and “Quiet Night Thought.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Bái [or Li Po or Li Bo or Taibai]
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