The title poem of this collection describes “great slime kings” that “were gathered ... for vengeance.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poetry collection. In this collection, the author mourns his brother, who is buried in “a four-foot box, a foot for every year” in the poem “Mid-Term Break.”
ANSWER: Death of a Naturalist
[10m] Death of a Naturalist is a poetry collection by this Irish poet. This poet repeated the line “between my finger and my thumb / the squat pen rests” in his poem “Digging.”
ANSWER: Seamus Heaney (“SHAY-mus HEE-nee”) [or Seamus Justin Heaney]
[10e] In 1999, Heaney released his translation of this Old English epic poem, notably translating its first word, “hwaet,” as “so.” In this poem, the title Geatish warrior kills the monster Grendel.
ANSWER: Beowulf
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