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 (15[1])a time in which you would “greet yourself arriving at your own door” in (15[1])(*) “Love after Love.” (10[1])The difficulty in seeing “emptiness as desolation” was mentioned in describing the home region of this poet in a Nobel (-5[1])lecture subtitled “Fragments of Epic Memory.” (10[1])This poet lamented how “the classics can (10[1])console, (10[3])but not (10[1])enough” (10[1])at the end of his poem “Sea Grapes.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this St. Lucian poet (10[1])who wrote (10[1])Omeros. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Derek Walcott
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aden SunChicago AIllinois A7015
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABCornell R8415
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeSIUE8710
Andrew ZengStanford ABerkeley A107-5
Raymond ChenTorontoMcDouble West-Carleton11310
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C12010
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa A12110
Eylon CaplanPurdue AVanderbilt12110
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZWUSTL H2O12110
Will AlstonSGV CapitalAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University12310
Braden BoothMissouri AMissouri B12410
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT13510
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaNotre Dame A14010
Nermeen RahmanChicago BPurdue B14210
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BNotre Dame B14310
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford A14410
Ian TheysmeyerOttawa COttawa B1440