“Archaic Torso of Apollo” - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

A response to this poem by Ocean Vuong states, “Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this poem about an object that lacks a head with “eyes like ripening fruit” and yet is “suffused with brilliance inside.” This poem ends by commanding “you must change your life.”

ANSWER: “Archaic Torso of Apollo” [or “Archäischer Torso Apollos”]

[10e] The “Archaic Torso of Apollo” is a poem in this 14-line form. A Shakespeare poem in this form begins by asking, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

ANSWER: sonnet [accept Shakespearean sonnet]

[10m] Other sonnets written by this poet of“Archaic Torso of Apollo” include the Sonnets to Orpheus. This Austrian poet began his Duino Elegies by asking, “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic orders?”

ANSWER: Rainer Maria Rilke [or René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke]

<Editors, European Literature>

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	16.92	92%	54%	23%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	0	10
Claremont A	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
USC A	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
UCSD B	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
USC B	UCLA E	0	10	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA F	0	10	10	20
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	10	10	30
McGill E	Ottawa C	0	10	0	10
Ottawa A	Ottawa D	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	0	10	10	20
McMaster B	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	McMaster C	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Queen's A	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Toronto H	Brock A	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Waterloo C	Waterloo B	0	10	0	10
Florida B	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	0	10
South Florida A	Florida State A	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech A	UCF A	0	0	0	0
Toronto C	Toronto A	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	Louisville A	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Louisville D	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	CWRU C	0	10	10	20
Louisville C	Ohio State D	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Michigan State C	WVU A	0	10	0	10
Michigan State D	WVU B	0	10	0	10
CWRU D	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Duke A	0	10	10	20
JMU B	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	NCSU B	0	10	0	10
William & Mary A	Virginia A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Virginia Tech C	0	10	0	10
UNC B	VCU A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	William & Mary B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Iowa A	0	10	0	10
Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Illinois Canada	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Purdue D	WashU Grolars	0	10	10	20
UNC A	NCSU A	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
Tufts C	Amherst B	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth A	Vermont B	0	10	0	10
Williams C	Harvard	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	10	10	0	20
Washington State	Arizona State A	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	Washington Coho	0	10	10	20
Washington Masu	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Texas	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia C	Washington Chum	0	10	10	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Pink	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	0	10	0	10
Rose State	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College B	Nebraska C	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska B	0	10	0	10
Oklahoma	Murray State College A	10	10	10	30
Tulsa A	Nebraska A	0	10	10	20
Harding	Tulsa B	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Amherst A	0	10	0	10
Brown B	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	0	10	0	10
UConn A	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Sewanne	Tennessee B	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Chipola College	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Clemson C	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Durham C	Edinburgh C	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	Durham D	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Durham B	0	10	0	10
York	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	Southampton	0	10	0	10
Bristol	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Cardiff	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Warwick	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	LSE	0	10	0	10
Imperial D	Cambridge E	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Oxford	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	ESF	0	10	10	20
Binghamton C	Cornell B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Cornell D	0	10	0	10