This adjective titles a poem whose speaker says that “For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird” (10[1])and admits to shortening her life “in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways.” The line “Life is short, though I keep this from my children” opens (-5[1])a poem titled for this kind of “bones” by Maggie (10[1])Smith. (10[1])A John Donne poem titled for this adjective asks “what thou and I / Did, till we loved” and describes a love “so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.” (10[1])In “Wild Geese,” Mary Oliver declares that “you do not (10[1])have to be” this (10[1])adjective, (10[3]-5[1])which is the (10[1])second-to-last word in the title of a poem that asks a father to “Curse, bless, me now with your (10[1])fierce tears.” That poem titled for this (10[1])adjective states that “Old age should (10[1])burn and rave (-5[2])at close of day.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what (-5[1])adjective modifies “night” in a (-5[1])Dylan Thomas villanelle? (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[3])