Question

A poem by this non-Polish author describes the title character experiencing “a sudden dart of pain / stitching her eyes before she made a sound” before asking “who will grieve for this woman?”; that poem is “Lot’s Wife.” This poet claims “I’d like to call you all by name, but the list / Has been removed” in the “Epilogue” section of one poem. (10[1])This author describes a place where “misfortune had abandoned us” at the beginning of a poem in which a blue-lipped woman asks (10[1])“Could one ever describe this?” and the speaker (10[1])responds (10[1])“I can.” (10[1])“Weep not for me, mother” begins the “Crucifixion” section (10[1])of a poem by this author that opens with a prose section titled “Instead of a Preface.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this Russian author who described the imprisonment of her son Lev in the long poem Requiem. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Anna Akhmatova [or Anna Andreyevna Gorenko]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell CPenn B6210
Forrest WeintraubColumbia APrinceton B8410
Aiden DartleyRutgers AColumbia C9210
Alex MoonPenn AYale C9310
Karsten RynearsonYale AHaverford9510
Eshan PantNYU ARowan A10410
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU B12110
Andrew MinagarYale BBard A1420

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