This poet described "the town … frozen solid in a vice" and wrote that the night has no knowledge of the coming dawn in a work dedicated to an exiled friend. A poem by this author addresses an "ancient interrogator of the moon" and says that she has always been afraid of mummers before claiming that "gravestones are fragile
This poet described "the town … frozen solid in a vice" and wrote that the night has no knowledge of the coming dawn in a work dedicated to an exiled friend. A poem by this author addresses an "ancient interrogator of the moon" and says that she has always been afraid of mummers before claiming that "gravestones are fragile … Absurd!" In that poem, this writer asks "what have poets … to do with sin?" and requests "the peace of the tomb." This poet described "something like a smile" on the face of a woman waiting in line who asked her "Can you describe this?" in her (*) "Instead of a Preface," which opens a poem that states "I have a lot of work to do today; I need to slaughter memory" and contains a "Crucifixion" section beginning "Weep not for me, mother," about her son imprisoned for 17 months. For 10 points, name this Russian Acmeist poet of "Poem without a Hero" and "Requiem."
This poet described "the town … frozen solid in a vice" and wrote that the night has no knowledge of the coming dawn in a work dedicated to an exiled friend.
Anna Akhmatova