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Oothoon ("oo-thoon") represents the "soft soul of America" in a book by this author, who represented America’s rebellious spirit with the fallen angel Orc in another book. This non-Polish author wrote "Drive your plow (20[1])over (20[1])the bones of the dead" (20[2])in his "Proverbs of Hell." (20[4])The (20[1])frontispiece (20[1])to (20[1])a book by this author shows a compass being pointed downward by the bearded Urizen (20[4])("YUR-ee-zen"), who (20[1])is one of the (20[2])Four Zoas (20[2])created (20[2])by the fall of Albion. (20[2])The preface to this author's "prophetic book" (*) Milton (10[1])includes the poem (10[1])"and did those feet in ancient time." (10[4])This author (10[1])illustrated his own works based (10[1])on an imagined mythology (10[1])prefigured by The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this poet who described (10[1])an animal "burning bright, (10[2])in the forests (10[1])of the night" in (10[1])"The Tyger." ■END■

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