Packet 1: Tossup 10

This poet is quoted in a dedication to Ezra Pound that uses this poet’s native language to call Pound (-5[1])“the greater craftsman.” (15[1])A pen name honoring this poet was used by the author of “The Blessed Damozel.” (15[1])The epigraph (15[1])of T.S. (-5[1])Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (15[1]-5[1])quotes this poet. (15[1])Robert Pinsky’s (15[1])translation of a poem by this author preserves its terza rima verse, (15[1])rendering an iconic phrase as (*) “Abandon all hope, (10[2])you who (10[1])enter (10[2])here!” (10[3])This (-5[1])poet (10[1])included Homer, Ovid, and other ancient poets in his depiction of Limbo. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this (10[1])Italian poet (10[1])who depicted Virgil (10[1])leading him through the nine (10[1])circles of hell (10[2])in his Inferno. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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