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Carl Sandburg

The son of Swedish immigrants, Sandburg left school at the age of 13, becoming a day laborer, and at one point traveling to Kansas as a hobo. He served in the Spanish-American War and, after returning to Galesburg, Illinois,

Theme in Yellow

by Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)

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 I   spot   the hills 
 With yellow balls in autumn. 
 I light the prairie cornfields 
 Orange and tawny gold clusters 
 And I am called pumpkins. 
 On the last of October 
 When dusk is fallen 
 Children join hands 
 And circle round me 

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What poet's excess of passionate sentiment earned her the nickname "The Floating Lady"?

Answer

Lady Izumi (or Izumi Shikibu) was nicknamed the Floating Lady. Both she and The Pillow Book author Sei Shonagon were rivals of Tale of Genji author Murasaki Shikibu.

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