Question

Robert Browning praised this author for having “pierced the screen 'twixt thing and word” in a poem that relates a story of this author carving one of his poems into the wainscot with a key. A poem by this author was finally published in 1939 after its manuscript was discovered by W. F. Stead. This poet's The Hop-Garden was panned by John Hill, who this man then mocked in The Hilliad. Antiphonal Hebrew verse inspired a 1200-line poem by this man in which many lines beginning with the word “let” are paired with lines beginning with the word (*) “for.” (-5[1])An oft-excerpted section of that poem by this man describes a “servant of the Living God” as a “mixture of gravity and waggery” who is “of the tribe of Tiger.” For 10 points, name this poet who praised his cat Jeoffry in Jubilate Agno, which he wrote in a mental asylum. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Christopher Smart [or Kit Smart; accept Mrs Mary Midnight or Ebenezer Pentweazle even though the question doesn't refer to anything he wrote with those pen names, just because they're delightful]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaimie Carlsonmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdColumbia B98-5
John John GrogerColumbia Bmeet the new weird, same as the old weird15010
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)1500
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft1500
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry15010

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