Question
This poem features early instances of its author’s experiments with typography, such as the capitalization of words like “MEMORIES” and “RENDER.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this poem whose speaker envisions Venus walking on the “lava-flesh” of Mount Etna. The speaker of this poem wakes up from a nap and proclaims he would “perpetuate” two nymphs.
ANSWER: “Afternoon of a Faun” [or “L'Après-Midi d’un Faune”]
[10e] The “Afternoon of a Faun” was written by this difficult French poet of “A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.”
ANSWER: Stéphane Mallarmé
[10h] Several Mallarmé poems, such as “Another Fan,” are imaginative odes to these objects. Mallarmé’s poem “Sea Breeze” opens, “The flesh is sad, alas!” before expressing regret about these objects.
ANSWER: books [or livres]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
Data
| Berkeley A | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford A | It's Joever | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |