Question

This author discussed how “an uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering” in the third stanza of the poem “Song of the Universal,” which opens the section “Birds of Passage.” This poet wrote, “I hear bravuras of birds” and envisions “where the hummingbird shimmers” in a poem that states, “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean.” This poet envisioned “A thousand warbling echoes” (15[1])in a poem by this author (15[1])that opens (15[1])by describing the “musical shuttle” of a (*) mockingbird (10[1])who longs for its (10[1])mate. (10[2])This poet wrote, “A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song” (10[1])in a poem whose title objects, a star, (10[1])and a bird are “twined (10[1]-5[1])with the chant (10[1])of my soul.” A “solitary” thrush (10[2])“sings (10[1])by himself (-5[1])a song” (10[1]-5[2])in (-5[1])a poem (-5[1])by this author in which (10[1])the “great star early (10[1])droop'd (10[6])in the (10[1])western sky in the night.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of “When Lilacs (10[1])Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.” ■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: Walt Whitman [or Walter Whitman Jr.]
<Noah Sheidlower, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%33%135.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%50%150.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y475%0%25%122.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%0%119.40
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%96.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%137.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%25%132.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%13%13%115.75
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%50%50%71.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame CNotre Dame A6515
Jisoo YooTexas ATAMU7115
Enoch Yuen3HK1MMOxford School for Quizness7315
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BWUSTL8110
Ariel FaederPittsburghMichigan B8510
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CBerkeley A8610
Ned TagtmeierChicago ANorthwestern B8610
Arjun KalaIllinois BMinnesota9810
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford10610
Thomas TibbettsUCFUF C111-5
Albery NyangLSESee it11110
Jonathan ShaufUNC CDuke A11410
Joy AnHarvard ABrandeis12010
Sinecio MoralesJHU AColumbia12010
William OrrYale AHarvard B12110
Yrwin BatanMITYale B123-5
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame BIllinois A125-5
Dylan TanouyeTuftsBU12510
Jim FanUNC BRIT A125-5
William GoldenHoustonTexas B126-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan ACarnegie Mellon128-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC A13310
Ben Russel JonesFour Times I Have Despised My SoulSorted13710
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State COhio State B13810
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AIllinois C13810
Justin HawkinsIndiana ASIUE13810
Eshan PantNYU ANYU B13810
Chris LevesleyLimp ChriskitSay it13810
Ethan WebbThe Crying of Team 49Gressenheller A13810
Leo LawUF BUF A14010
Peter ZengOhio State AMichigan State14510
Austin GuoPrincetonJHU B15410
David NeimanCarnegie MellonMichigan A16010
Michael HundingIllinois ANotre Dame B16010
Coby TranChicago BPurdue16010
Nicholas NguyenUF CUCF16010
Keerthana KrishnanTexas BHouston1600
Cade ReinbergerRIT AUNC B16010