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The speaker of a poem in this language describes a “sun-colored bladder” and asks to “let me see the earth through your cellophane hymen” and to “let me go and live in your cloaked melon.” A poem in this language repeats, “Say, Valiant, ever high is my head!” Another poem in this language, which opens (10[1])“Oh I’ll die I’ll die I’ll die,” is titled “Stark Electric Jesus.” The author of “The Rebel” and other members of the Hungry Generation (-5[1])wrote in this non-English language, which was also used for a collection whose speaker describes returning home like a “flock of homesick cranes.” That collection in this language opens, (10[1])“Thou hast made me endless; such is thy pleasure.” For 10 points, name this language used by Malay Roy Choudhury, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and Rabindranath Tagore. ■END■

ANSWER: Bengali [or Bangla]
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