Question

Robert Browning praised this author for having “pierced the screen 'twixt thing and word” in a poem that relates a story of this author carving (-5[1])one of his poems into the wainscot with a key. A poem by this author was finally published in 1939 after its manuscript was discovered by W. F. Stead. This poet's The Hop-Garden was panned by John Hill, who this man then mocked in The Hilliad. (-5[2])Antiphonal Hebrew verse inspired a 1200-line (-5[1])poem by this man in which many lines beginning with the word “let” are paired with (10[1])lines beginning with the word (*) “for.” (10[1]-5[1])An oft-excerpted section of that poem by this man (10[1])describes a “servant of the Living God” as a “mixture of gravity and waggery” who is “of the tribe of Tiger.” For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])name this poet (10[1])who praised (-5[1])his cat Jeoffry (10[2]-5[2])in (-5[1])Jubilate (10[1]-5[1])Agno, which he (-5[1])wrote in a mental asylum. ■END■ (10[4]0[12])

ANSWER: Christopher Smart [or Kit Smart; accept Mrs Mary Midnight or Ebenezer Pentweazle even though the question doesn't refer to anything he wrote with those pen names, just because they're delightful]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y580%0%40%140.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y333%0%67%107.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y367%0%67%145.50
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y367%0%33%150.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y450%0%50%95.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y250%0%50%131.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y30%0%67%0.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Darren PetrosinoRutgers DiasporaMaryland A24-5
Amogh KulkarniCornell C++Hutto Hippos70-5
Arya KarthikThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BCornell B-70-5
Matt JacksonChicago AWUSTL76-5
Geoffrey ChenHutto HipposRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang9210
Nathan ZhangHutto HipposCornell C++9810
Jaimie Carlsonmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdColumbia B98-5
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs10710
KrolMagisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov13110
Maude-Sophie LockmanParth et al.Milan et al.131-5
John LawrenceAmartya Senpai Notice MeEpic Games13410
EvanBroken Imperial NomadsOxford Hornets136-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley AIt's Joever139-5
Kyle HuStanford BStanford A139-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois A+Michigan13910
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Chicago B13910
NickMojo ShojoOSU140-5
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley B14110
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style141-5
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery144-5
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford B15010
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them1500
Caleb KendrickMaryland ARutgers Diaspora1500
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLChicago A1500
Clark SmithOSUMojo Shojo15010
King VidorWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSURollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang1500
Zach FosterRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU1500
DaoudOxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads1500
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.Cameron et al.1500
Milan FernandezMilan et al.Parth et al.1500
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz1500
Andrej VukovicCameron et al.The Passion According to C.H.1500
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)1500
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft1500
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry15010
John John GrogerColumbia Bmeet the new weird, same as the old weird15010