Round 8: Tossup 7

This author wrote “The Truth must dazzle gradually / Or every man be blind” in a poem that advises “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” This poet wrote “I’m Czar” (15[1])in a poem that begins “I’m wife — I’ve finished that.” This poet observed that “We passed the Setting Sun - / Or rather - (15[1])He passed us” in a poem that concludes that (*) “the Horses’ Heads / Were toward Eternity” (10[2])as they drew a carriage. In a poem exemplifying their liberal (-5[1])use of dashes, this poet wrote that “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers - / That perches in the soul.” For 10 points, name this poet from Amherst, Massachusetts who wrote “Because I could not (10[1])stop for Death.” ■END■

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