Question

After a character in a poem by an author with this surname shouts, “Ah, there is no God,” a “sword from the sky” smites him dead. One poem by an author with this surname begins, “There are no stars tonight / but those of memory.” (15[1])An author with this surname described “a famished kitten on the step” in a poem beginning, “We make our meek adjustments.” An author with this surname described the (*) “clang and clang of spear and shield” made by the title group who “came from the sea.” “My Grandmother’s Love Letters” is a poem by an author with this surname who included the sections “Cape Hatteras” and “Powhatan’s (-5[2])Daughter” in a long poem (-5[2])that begins with a “Proem.” (-5[2])For 10 points, give this surname shared by the American poets of The Black Riders and The Bridge, Stephen (10[1])and Hart. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Crane [accept Stephen Crane; accept Hart Crane or Harold Hart Crane]
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