Metaphysical poetry - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Samuel Johnson coined the name of this movement, possibly referencing John Dryden’s quip that one poet in this movement “perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this poetic movement characterized by its use of conceits. One writer in this movement described an insect that “sucked me first, and now sucks thee.”

ANSWER: Metaphysical poetry (The poem is John Donne’s “The Flea.”)

[10h] Samuel Johnson coined metaphysical poetry in a chapter about this poet who wrote many Pindaric odes and a series of love poems called The Mistress.

ANSWER: Abraham Cowley

[10e] The speaker asks this figure to “batter my heart” in a sonnet by metaphysical poet John Donne. John Milton says he wrote Paradise Lost to “justify the ways of” this figure “to men.”

ANSWER: God [accept three-person’d God]

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California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	6	13.33	83%	50%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	42%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	10.00	57%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	11.25	63%	50%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	12.73	73%	55%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	11.25	50%	50%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	9.29	64%	29%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley E	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Stanford C	Berkeley C	0	0	10	10
Berkeley F	UCSC	0	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Berkeley D	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	10	0	10	20
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	0	0	10	10
UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
USC	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCSB	10	0	10	20
Guelph A	Western Ontario	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Guelph B	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Toronto A	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
Ottawa	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Queen's B	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto H	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Toronto I	0	0	0	0
Toronto G	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Toronto K	10	0	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
FSU	ERAU A	0	0	0	0
Melbourne A	UF D	0	0	10	10
UF B	UCF A	0	0	0	0
UF A	FIU	0	0	10	10
UCF B	UF E	0	0	10	10
USF	ERAU B	0	0	10	10
Waterloo	Toronto D	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	CWRU B	0	0	0	0
MSU B	CWRU C	0	0	0	0
Kenyon B	Kenyon A	0	0	0	0
Clemson A	James Madison	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
South Carolina B	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Virginia B	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Clemson B	10	0	10	20
Roanoke	Virginia Tech A	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech B	NC State	0	0	0	0
Pitt A	MSU A	10	0	10	20
OSU A	OSU B	10	0	10	20
OSU D	OSU C	10	0	10	20
Pitt C	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Catholic University	0	0	0	0
George Washington B	George Mason C	0	0	0	0
George Washington A	Georgetown B	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Maryland D	10	0	10	20
Penn B	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	10	0	10	20
George Mason B	Maryland A	0	0	10	10
Georgetown A	Maryland C	10	0	10	20
NYU A	Penn A	10	0	10	20
UMBC A	Notre Dame E	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	WashU B	10	0	10	20
WashU A	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
William Woods	WashU C	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU D	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore A	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Princeton A	Columbia C	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Lehigh A	0	0	0	0
Rutgers C	Rutgers B	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Mississippi State A	Auburn A	0	0	0	0
Bruin A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	0	0
Huntsville A	Sewanee A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech A	10	0	10	20
Alabama B	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	Birmingham A	0	0	10	10
Bristol A	Cambridge C	10	0	10	20
City St George's A	Imperial B	0	0	0	0
Cambridge B	Durham A	0	0	10	10
Southampton B	Durham B	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh A	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge D	Imperial C	0	0	0	0
Manchester A	LSE A	10	0	0	10
Manchester B	Bristol B	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Oxford A	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Lancaster A	Sheffield C	0	0	0	0
Warwick A	Sheffield A	10	0	10	20
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	RIT A	0	0	10	10
Cornell-DII	RIT B	0	0	10	10
ESF	Rochester	0	0	0	0
Binghamton B	Syracuse	0	0	10	10