Question

An epigraph of Blood Meridian quotes a line by a poet from this movement, “Your acts of pity and cruelty are absurd, committed with no calm, as if they were irresistible.” A poem from this movement urges waves to “break up with your rejoicing surges / this quiet roof where sails like doves were pecking.” (-5[1])A poet from this movement who (10[1])wrote the Cahiers (-5[1])(“kah-YAYS”) had a nineteen-year period (-5[1])of “great silence” after the death (10[1])of another poet from this movement. A poet from this movement wrote, “The wind rises…we (-5[1])must try to live!” in a poem (10[1])that describes walking among tombs. (10[1])“The Graveyard by the Sea” (10[2])and “A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance” (10[3])were written by poets from this movement. For 10 points, name this 19th-century literary movement (10[1])that included Paul Valéry and Stéphane (10[1]-5[1])Mallarmé. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[9])

ANSWER: Symbolism [or symbolisme; or Symbolist poetry]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yashwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan B54-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech A6010
Sam FooCambridge AEdinburgh63-5
Iris Pardue (UG)KenyonOhio State B67-5
Omer KeskinOxford ADurham A7310
James McCurleyHarvard BYale B88-5
Enoch YuenImperial ACambridge B9510
Joy AnHarvard ATufts B10010
Eileen PengOxford CKCL10510
Will OrrYale BHarvard B10510
Kevin ParkClaremont AAppalachian State11510
Cormac BeirneSorbonneRice A11510
Jason HongBrown ABrandeis A11510
Eliza DeanOxford BBristol13010
Emily Bussa (UG)Maryland B (UG)UNC C (UG)13610
Robbie HahnTexas A&M BTexas A136-5
Parth JagtapEdinburghCambridge A13710
Anton AkroushMichigan State AIowa B13810
Alan ZhangUBC AUW A1380
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AIowa A1380
Ryan HumphreyTexas ATexas A&M B13810
Roan DowlingIowa ATexas A&M A1380
Isaac OlsonUW AUBC A13810
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CCedarville1380
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State BKenyon1380
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BMichigan A13810
Ian DewanKielDurham B13810
Andrei HuiCambridge CSheffield13810
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BWarwick13810
Harrison SugarmanBrandeis BDartmouth B1380
Harrison SugarmanBrandeis BDartmouth B1380
Jake MarkusDartmouth BBrandeis B1380
Jake MarkusDartmouth BBrandeis B1380