Question

This poet described an “immense slackening ache” experienced by visitors to a man who directs “God about this eye, that knee.” In a different poem by this author, the speaker is eventually told he is “too selfish, withdrawn, / And easily bored to love.” This poet described death as “The anaesthetic from which none come round” in a poem parodying a medieval French form. Another of this man’s poems (-5[1])considers that “succeeding eyes [began] / To look, not read” at a (*) tomb effigy in Chichester (10[1])Cathedral. That poem by this writer concludes with an “almost-instinct (10[1])almost truth.” This poet of “Aubade” wrote a (10[1])poem (10[1])describing how “man hands on misery to (10[1])man,” and advising (10[1])the reader to not “have any kids (10[3])yourself.” For 10 points, name this (10[1])librarian and poet, who wrote “This Be the Verse.” (0[3])■END■

ANSWER: Philip Larkin [or Philip Arthur Larkin] (The unnamed poems are “Faith Healing,” “Wild Oats” and“An Arundel Tomb.”)
<Literature - British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024N667%0%0%101.25
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024N4100%0%0%108.50
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y475%0%25%118.67
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y1100%0%0%95.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y4100%0%0%109.25
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y367%0%0%107.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ParkClaremontMTSU69-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth CarolinaIowa State8510
Jack LewisMTSUGeorgia Tech B9510
Fred GarveyTruman StateSIUE10310
Neal JoshiWUSTLStanford10410
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL C11110
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AVanderbilt B11410
Young Fenimore LeeOhioCase Western12110
Jack LewisMTSUClaremont12110
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AWUSTL12110
Roan DowlingIowaPenn State B12710
Lauren BrownBelmontGeorgia Tech B1360
Sebastian PujetWUSTL JWUSTL A1360
Amith PunyalaWUSTL AWUSTL J1360