Question
A 24-part epic poem by this poet reflects on looking out at the Arkansas landscape. In one work, this poet described how after breaking a vase, the “love that reassembles the fragments is stronger” than that which “took its symmetry for granted whole.” Ruth Padel was forced to resign as Oxford Professor of Poetry after reports arose that she had alerted journalists of harassment charges against this poet. This poet described a time in which you would “greet yourself arriving at your own door” in (*) “Love after Love.” The difficulty in seeing “emptiness as desolation” was mentioned in describing the home region of this poet in a Nobel lecture subtitled “Fragments of Epic Memory.” This poet lamented how “the classics can console, but not enough” at the end of his poem “Sea Grapes.” For 10 points, name this St. Lucian poet who wrote Omeros. ■END■
Summary
2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 139.33 |
2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 126.33 |
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 113.40 |
2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 102.50 |
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 124.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 137.33 |
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 132.50 |
2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | N | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 132.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | N | 3 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 117.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | N | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 123.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | N | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 123.20 |
2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | N | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 109.50 |
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 110.67 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Yash | Michigan A | Kenyon A | 28 | -5 |
Ben Watson | Warwick | Imperial A | 67 | 15 |
Ariel Faeder | MSU A and Friend | Boston College | 83 | 15 |
Ben Russell Jones | Edinburgh | Cambridge B | 116 | 10 |
Andrew Amygdalos | George Washington A | Georgetown | 116 | 10 |
Kevin Wang | Georgia Tech C | Georgia Tech D | 121 | 10 |
Quentin Mot | Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech A | 121 | 10 |
Michael Kohn | Durham | Birmingham | 121 | 10 |
Connor Mayers | Maryland A | Maryland B | 121 | 10 |
Shourjo Ganguli | Ohio State A | Kenyon B | 121 | 10 |
Sean Farrell | Farrellmagnetism | Arizona State | 122 | 10 |
Omer Keskin | Oxford | Cambridge A | 124 | 10 |
Jack Oberman | South Carolina A | Duke | 135 | 10 |
Sinecio Morales | Johns Hopkins | George Washington A | 135 | 10 |
Jisoo Yoo | Texas A | Texas B | 135 | 10 |
Aidan Leahy | Georgia A | Tennesse A | 137 | 10 |
Dwight Solano | TAMU | HCC | 138 | 10 |
Matthew Spry | Imperial B | Bristol | 139 | 10 |
Kion You | Texas C | tag magnet: taylor's version | 139 | 10 |
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford | North Carolina B | James Madison A | 140 | 10 |
Jacob Goodson | Ohio State B | Michigan B | 142 | -5 |
Dominik Mystkowski | NC State | South Carolina B | 143 | 10 |
Sara Simkins | Georgia B | Emory A | 144 | 0 |
Aidan | Kenyon A | Michigan A | 144 | 0 |
Kevin Zheng | Michigan B | Ohio State B | 144 | 10 |