Question

This poet’s spouse created a bust of Sappho for their farmhouse in upstate New York, which Mary Oliver recalled visiting in the essay “Steepletop.” A poem by this author observes that “the rain / is full of ghosts tonight” and notes, “summer sang in me / A little while.” This poet commanded the reader to “let geese gabble and hiss” in a poem that considers those who “have heard her massive sandal set on stone.” (10[1])That sonnet by this author imagines the “terrible day, (10[1])when first the shaft into his vision shone / of light (-5[1])anatomized!” This poet stated “Infinity / Came down and settled over me” in a poem beginning “All I could see from where I stood / Was three long mountains (10[1])and a wood.” For 10 points, name this poet of “Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare” and (10[1])“Renascence.” (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Edna St. Vincent Millay
<Illinois B, American Literature>
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Ned TagtmeierChicago AIllinois C7410
Braden BoothMissouriMissoui S&T8310
Michael HundingIllinois AWashU B94-5
Jakob MyersIndiana AChicago B12310
Neal JoshiWashU BIllinois A14110
Alvin GuoChicago DWashU A14210
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BChicago C14310

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