W. S. Merwin - 2024 ACF Regionals

Question

Answer the following about ghazals in the American literary tradition, for 10 points each.

[10h] This American poet wrote the ghazal “The Causeway.” This two-time Pulitzer Prize winner also wrote the poem “For the Anniversary of My Death” and translated Pablo Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems and Song of Despair.

ANSWER: W. S. Merwin [or William Stanley Merwin]

[10e] English language ghazals were popularized by the Indian-American author Agha Shahid Ali, who was buried near this city. The reclusive poet Emily Dickinson is known as the “Belle” of this Massachusetts city.

ANSWER: Amherst

[10m] Ali roasted this American poet of the collection Ghazals: Homage to Ghalib for not adhering to classic ghazal rules. This poet wrote the collections Twenty-One Love Poems and Diving into the Wreck.

ANSWER: Adrienne Rich [or Adrienne Cecile Rich]

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	10	12.00	70%	40%	10%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska	01/27/2024	Y	6	13.33	83%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	16.25	100%	38%	25%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
RIT A	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Alabama	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Geodesic	0	10	10	20
Harding	South Carolina	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	MTSU	0	0	10	10
Binghamton	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Haverford	NYU A	0	10	0	10
John Jay	Vassar	0	10	10	20
Penn	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Rowan	0	10	10	20
Liberty A (Grad)	Liberty C (DII)	10	10	0	20
Maryland A (Grad)	JMU B (UG)	0	10	10	20
UNC A (Grad)	Maryland B (UG)	0	10	10	20
GWU A (UG)	Maryland C (DII)	0	10	0	10
Roanoke College A (DII)	JMU A (UG)	0	0	0	0
UNC B (UG)	Duke A (UG)	0	10	0	10
UNC C (UG)	Liberty B (DII)	0	10	10	20
UNC D (DII)	Virginia B (UG)	0	0	0	0
Virginia A (UG)	GWU B (Grad)	0	10	10	20
Virginia C (UG)	William & Mary A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Claremont A	UBC A	0	10	10	20
Rice A	Iowa A	0	0	0	0
Michigan State A	Appalachian State	0	10	0	10
Iowa B	Texas A&M A	0	10	0	10
UW A	Texas A&M B	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Sorbonne	0	10	10	20
Cedarville	Kenyon	0	0	0	0
Cambridge B	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge C	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Edinburgh	0	10	10	20
Sheffield	KCL	0	10	0	10
Kiel	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Durham B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Warwick	10	10	10	30