Question

This place is called “paper-white” and compared to “a zither laid upon the flood” in a poem about its “Full Moon” by Elizabeth Bishop, who lived here with Louisa Crane. A woman in a poem titled for this place (15[1])made “The sky acutest at its vanishing” and “measured to the hour its solitude.” A poem titled for this place describes “ghostlier demarcations, keener sounds” and “glassy lights.” Many (*) six-toed cats lived at a house inhabited by Pauline Pfeiffer (“FI-fer”) on this island, where “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” was written. A poem titled for this island addresses Ramon Fernandez and begins, “She sang beyond the genius of the sea.” For 10 points, name this island that titles a Wallace Stevens poem about its (10[1])“Idea of Order,” (10[1])located in Florida. ■END■

ANSWER: Key West [accept “The Idea of Order at Key West” or “Full Moon, Key West”; prompt on the Florida Keys]
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