Coleman Barks’ rendering of this poet’s line “out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field” removes its religious connotation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who wrote of an instrument that’s “played with fire, not with wind” in “The Song of the Reed Flute.”
ANSWER: Rumi [or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi; or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi; accept Mowlana or Mevlana or Mevlevi]
[10e] Coleman Barks popularized Rumi in the West through “interpretations” of his Masnavi, a Sufi-inspired collection of these rhyming two-line stanzas.
ANSWER: couplets [accept Spiritual Couplets]
[10m] In Barks’ version of the Masnavi, a parable about one of these animals in the dark loses a seafoam metaphor and is framed as being shown by Hindus. A George Orwell essay recounts his experience shooting one of these animals.
ANSWER: elephants [accept “Shooting an Elephant”]
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