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 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 139.33 |
2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | N | 4 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 126.33 |
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | N | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 113.40 |
2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | N | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 102.50 |
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 124.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 137.33 |
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | N | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 132.50 |
2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 109.50 |
2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 123.20 |
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 123.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 132.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 117.00 |
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 110.67 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Aden Sun | Chicago A | Illinois A | 70 | 15 |
Nathan Zhang | Cornell MATLAB | Cornell R | 84 | 15 |
Gabe Forrest | Squidward Community College | SIUE | 87 | 10 |
Andrew Zeng | Stanford A | Berkeley A | 107 | -5 |
Raymond Chen | Toronto | McDouble West-Carleton | 113 | 10 |
Anuttam Ramji | Berkeley B | Berkeley C | 120 | 10 |
Mattias Ehatamm | Waterloo | Ottawa A | 121 | 10 |
Eylon Caplan | Purdue A | Vanderbilt | 121 | 10 |
Neal Joshi | WUSTL XYZ | WUSTL H2O | 121 | 10 |
Will Alston | SGV Capital | Auxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University | 123 | 10 |
Braden Booth | Missouri A | Missouri B | 124 | 10 |
Sanjeev Uppaluri | Syracuse+Rochester | RIT | 135 | 10 |
Tanuj Chandekar | Indiana | Notre Dame A | 140 | 10 |
Nermeen Rahman | Chicago B | Purdue B | 142 | 10 |
Shardul Parthasarathy | Illinois B | Notre Dame B | 143 | 10 |
Eve Fleisig | Berkeley A | Stanford A | 144 | 10 |
Ian Theysmeyer | Ottawa C | Ottawa B | 144 | 0 |