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A character from this city says that he seeks a figure whom an atheist poet from this city “perhaps had scorned,” but upsets an old man who asks if the “sweet light” still “strikes” that poet’s “eyes.” A sonnet wishes that three poets from this city could board a “magic ship” that can fly “at will.” T. S. Eliot quoted the line “Because I do not hope to turn again” from a poet born in this city, part of a movement deemed the “Sweet New Style.” An author from this city included 25 love sonnets (10[1])with prose commentary in a book whose title translates as “The New Life.” (-5[1])A man from this city, whose son wrote (-5[1])“Donna me prega,” appears in a grave inside (10[1])the fiery City of Dis in the tenth canto of a poem that describes an author from this city being guided by Virgil. (10[1])For 10 points, name this city from which Guido Cavalcanti and Dante Alighieri were exiled. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Florence [prompt on Sarzana or Verona or Lucca by asking “where was that person born?”]
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Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AHaverford9410
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ARowan107-5
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