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. 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