Question
A form of free verse named for the “neo-” sort of this poet’s “syllables” was used in the long poem The Testament of Beauty. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this poet, whose “prosody” is studied in a Robert Bridges book that examines his use of unusual metric choices and stresses in lines like “No light; but rather darkness visible.”
ANSWER: John Milton
[10h] Bridges demonstrates Milton’s use of “supernumerary syllables” that disobey normal scansion rules with this four-word phrase that opens Book I of Paradise Lost.
ANSWER: “of man’s first disobedience”
[10e] Chapter II of Milton’s Prosody examines the “accentual verse” in Milton’s closet drama about this Biblical character, an Israelite judge who is betrayed by his lover Delilah.
ANSWER: Samson [accept Samson Agonistes]
<HG, British Literature>
Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| North Carolina B | Duke | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| James Madison A | South Carolina A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| North Carolina A | NC State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| South Carolina B | James Madison B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |