Question

In a poem by this author, the speaker says, “now I have become / an old tale amongst all these people” and that “shame is the fruit of my vanities.” This author wrote about the conquering of allegorical figures like Death, Fame, and Eternity in his collection Triumphs. This author (10[1])described ignoring a shepherd and climbing a mountain for pleasure in (10[1])one (10[1])of his (10[2])Epistolae (10[1])familiares (“ay-PEE-stoh-lie fa-meel-YAH-rays”) about his “Ascent of Mont Ventoux (“vawn-TOO”).” A woman whom this author met in Avignon on Good Friday is the addressee of a collection which opens with the line “You who hear the sound, in scattered rhymes.” For 10 points, name this author who wrote about his love for Laura in (10[1])Il Canzoniere, (-5[1])a 14th-century Italian poet. (0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca]
<European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell CRutgers B4910
Eshan PantNYU ANYU B6010
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AVassar6110
Karsten RynearsonYale APrinceton B6310
Alex MoonPenn APenn B6310
Andre WongColumbia BPrinceton A6410
Ethan FurmanHaverfordYale C11510
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ABard A117-5
William HelmanBard ARowan A1220

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y888%0%13%67.86