Question

This author wrote a poem that recalls hearing “clear Fond voices” that “call me no longer” after being “drawn and reconciled into the music of Heaven’s undefiled.” One of this author’s speakers reflects on “the sweet, sad years, the melancholy years” in a poem whose speaker is drawn back by the hair (10[1])by a “mystic Shape.” The speaker of another (10[1])poem by this author claims to do an action “freely, (10[1])as men strive for right” (10[1])and “purely, as they turn from praise.” (-5[1])A collection of poems published by this author was ambiguously titled to imply they were translations and included poems beginning “I thought once how Theocritus had sung” and “Yes, call me by my (10[1])pet-name!” (10[1])For 10 points, “How do I love thee? / Let me count the ways” is included in (10[1])what author’s Sonnets From The Portuguese? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Elizabeth Barrett Browning [or Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett; prompt on Browning; reject “Robert Browning”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eshan PantNYU ACornell C5110
William OrrYale ARutgers A5910
William GrogerColumbia AColumbia B6910
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BYale B7410
Audrey ChoHaverfordPrinceton A81-5
Alex MoonPenn ARowan A11410
Tina MaoVassarNYU B11510
Yixi YangYale CRutgers B13210
Austin GuoPrinceton AHaverford13910
Jupiter DingPrinceton BBard A13910

Summary

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