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This man “in decline” is called a “seer of terrible omens” in one of two poems titled for him by Umberto Saba. A Communist poet wrote of this “miserable / blood-soaked, white-bearded man” causing a woman’s “despair.” This man’s heart “exulted coldly, empty of love” as he abandoned “the peace and repose / of the house” in a poem translated by Daniel Mendelsohn. An author from the Generation of the ’30s wrote “fortunate is he” who imitates (-5[1])this man in “Upon a Line of Foreign Verse.” This man meets the elephant caravan of Prince Motherth in a 33,333-line (10[2]-5[1])poem. (10[2]-5[1])An author named (10[1])for this man wrote The Axion Esti. (10[2])In a short poem, (10[1])someone traveling to this man’s realm is told to (10[1])“hope that the (10[1])road (10[1])is a long one.” (10[3])For 10 (10[1])points, Nikos Kazantzakis (“kazz-ant-ZACK-iss”) wrote a “modern sequel” about what king, (-5[1])whose home island (10[1])titles (10[1])Constantine Cavafy’s (“kuh-VAFF-ee’s”) poem “Ithaca”? (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

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