Question

This English-language poet wrote of a “whisper of the wind in that pine tree, / sweet as the murmur of live water” in his translation of Theocritus’s Idyl I. This poet introduced a long poem as a “reply to Greek and Latin with the bare hands.” This author echoed Xenophon by exclaiming, “the sea! The sea!” in a poem that describes how Homer’s catalogue of ships (-5[1])“fills up (-5[1])the time” (15[2])and employs (15[1])this author’s triadic-line (-5[1])form. (15[6])That poem, (15[4])which appears (15[1])in this author’s collection Journey to Love, (15[1])compares the title (*) flower to a “buttercup (10[1]-5[1])upon its branching (10[1])stem.” This poet repeated the maxim “no (10[1])ideas (10[1])but in (10[1])things” (10[4]-5[1])in an epic poem (-5[1])about (10[1])a city (-5[1])in New Jersey. (10[5])A short poem by this author ends by imploring, “forgive me / they were delicious (10[2])/ so sweet (10[2])/ and so cold.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])poet of Paterson and (-5[1])“This is Just to Say.” ■END■ (10[3]0[9])

ANSWER: William Carlos Williams (The middle clues refer to “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower.”)
<HG, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierChicago ASIUE65-5
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AToronto Disband the Club 2k2467-5
Omkar MaratheToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansPaddington in Peru (2024)6915
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley Past6915
Ariel FaederPittMaryland7115
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeTruman74-5
Yrwin BatanMITTufts A7515
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford7515
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom7515
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AMilton7515
Albert NyangLSE ALSE B7515
Anderson WangAnderson et al.ALCU7515
King VidorIn the Mood for BuzzOld and Young7715
Kevin ZhengSocial credit go vroomshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique7715
Andrew ZengMadmen and Specialistsbingy academy7715
Will AlstonSGV VenturesU[C]SD7715
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicToronto B7915
Fred GarveyTrumanSquidward Community College8615
Thomas TibbettsUCF AValencia93-5
Michael HundingIllinois OrangeChicago B9310
Arjun KalaIllinois BluePurdue A9610
Joy AnHarvardBrandeis B10310
William OrrYaleTufts B10410
Cade ReinbergerRITPenn State10610
Richard LinAmherstBoston College A10710
Collin LeckThe cult of SGAASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline10710
Leo LawUF AFlorida Tech107-5
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiMcGill A10710
Michael WuSouthamptonWarwick A10710
Jason ChengJason et al.Claremont111-5
Kevin ParkClaremontJason et al.11210
Michelle LuoJohns CreekInnovation Academy C114-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ANorth Carolina B11710
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AVirginia Tech B11710
Manu SankaranLambertGeorgia Tech B11710
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech CMississippi State11710
Jacob FinleyNotre DamePurdue B11710
Pratyusha SoniInnovation Academy BGeorgia Tech D13210
Gus ReddingImperial BWarwick B13210
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis AClark House13510
Rachel BenthamCambridge BBristol13510
Anna BarkerUCF BUF B13910
Kevin LeCarleton AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha14410
Rayton LinWaterloo ClozeToronto Metropolitan A148-5
Kai McFarlandBUBowdoin C1540
Will PulvinoClark WilsonBoston College B1540
Evan LuccaBowdoin ABowdoin B15410
Gabriel MargoliesBoston College BClark Wilson1540
Richard LimBowdoin CBU1540
Nicholas NguyenUF CUSF1540
Clete ReinbergerValenciaUCF A15410
Raymond ChenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto A15410
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CJohns Creek1540
Logan MathisSIUEChicago A1540
Tobin PayneWarwick CImperial A1540
Owen IredaleImperial AWarwick C1540