Question

At the beginning of a poem, this figure is called “as tyrannous… as those whose beauties proudly make them cruel.” Using the journals of court astrologer Simon Forman, A. L. Rowse claimed this figure was the author of Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum. A poem that notes “some perfumes” have “more delight” than “the breath that from [this figure] reeks” ends by claiming (10[1])the speaker’s love is “as rare as any… belied with false compare.” A poem that compares this figure’s hair to “wires” (10[2])and asks (10[1])“if (10[1])snow be (-5[1])white, why then are her breasts dun?” is found in a set that includes works dedicated to the Rival Poet and the Fair Youth. The 130th entry in that set of poems states that this figure’s (10[1])“eyes are nothing like the sun.” (-5[1])For 10 points, name this woman addressed (10[1])in 27 sonnets by William Shakespeare. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: the Dark Lady [accept the Dark Lady of the Sonnets; prompt on descriptions of the anonymous woman in Shakespeare’s sonnets; prompt on Emilia Lanier by asking “what figure did Rowse claim she was?”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y978%0%22%93.29

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karsten RynearsonYale AHaverford6110
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU B8210
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AYale C8210
William GrogerColumbia APrinceton B8410
Lexi TermanRutgers AColumbia C8510
Owen MimnoNYU ARowan A87-5
Richard NiuCornell CPenn B12310
Thomas DoyleVassarRutgers B129-5
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BBard A13610
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ANYU A1430
Mark TawfikRutgers BVassar1430