In Cities of the Plain, Celeste Albaret finds a volume of this writer's works on the narrator's bed and asks if he's sure that these are poems and not riddles. One poem by thi
In Cities of the Plain, Celeste Albaret finds a volume of this writer's works on the narrator's bed and asks if he's sure that these are poems and not riddles. One poem by this writer opens with the description of an "old man with naked hands, cast up among men again," while another of his works is divided into sections titled "Invocation," "Strophe," "Chorus," and "Dedication." In addition to writing the poetic sequence "Pictures for Crusoe," which along with "Glory of Kings," is part of this poet's Eloges, this poet wrote a work addressed to the "Great Age," and the "grand Elders," entitled Chronique. In this poet's most famous work, a long ten-canto poem, the Leader directs the construction of the City out of bronze and stone, before departing with an army of nomadic horsemen for other lands; that poem was translated by T.S. Eliot and was a major factor in this poet's winning of the Nobel Prize. For 10 points, identify this diplomat-poet of Seamarks and Winds, who is best known for his long poem, Anabasis.
In Cities of the Plain, Celeste Albaret finds a volume of this writer's works on the narrator's bed and asks if he's sure that these are poems and not riddles.
Saint-John Perse [or Alexis Saint-Leger Leger]