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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 “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 wrote in (10[1])this non-English language, which was also used for a collection whose speaker describes (-5[1])returning home like a “flock of homesick cranes.” That collection in this language opens, “Thou hast made me endless; (10[1]-5[2])such (10[1])is thy pleasure.” For 10 points, name this language (10[1])used by Malay Roy Choudhury, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and Rabindranath Tagore. ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: Bengali [or Bangla]
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