Question

In a poem by an author with this surname, the speaker says “You are of elm-shaded streets with little shops where they sell kites and marbles” to objects that call “‘Goose-quill men, goose-quill men, / May is a month for flitting.’” That author with this surname included a poem where the speaker repeats “False blue, / White, / Purple” (-5[1])titled “Lilacs” in the collection What’s O’Clock. (10[1])A poem by an author with this surname concludes “a savage servility / slides by on grease.” An author with this surname described how a “monument sticks like a fishbone” in a poem that opens “The old (10[1])South Boston Aquarium stands / in a Sahara of snow.” For 10 points, give this surname (10[1])of the imagist poet Amy and the author of “For the Union Dead,” (10[1])her brother Robert. ■END■

ANSWER: Lowell [accept Robert Lowell or Robert Traill Spence Lowell; accept Amy Lowell or Amy Lawrence Lowell]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BCornell C58-5
Karsten RynearsonYale ANYU A6510
Aiden DartleyRutgers AColumbia A10210
Richard NiuCornell CColumbia B11810
Ethan FurmanHaverfordRowan A13110

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y4100%0%25%104.00