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A thought experiment about “intentionless meaning” in which the second verse of one of these poems is revealed in the sand by a receding wave appears in Knapp and Michaels's “Against Theory.” In another of these poems, the subject is promised “the silence and the calm / of mute insensate things” by Nature. In the earliest of these poems, the speaker climbs a hill to a cottage as the “evening moon” descends toward it. The image of “a violet by a (*) mossy stone / half hidden from the eye” opens the second stanza of one (10[1])of these poems that concludes with the words “O / the difference to me!” In the last of them, the speaker notes “I had no human fears” at a time when “a slumber did my spirit (-5[1])seal.” “She dwelt among the untrodden ways” (-5[1])is among, for 10 points, what group of five poems about the death of an idealized girl, by William Wordsworth? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Lucy poems [prompt on answers like “the poems of William Wordsworth” before “earliest”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Grant PeetGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs9410
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+Rutgers Diaspora130-5
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland A137-5
Connor MayersMaryland AFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them15810
Darren PetrosinoRutgers DiasporaMaryland B+15810

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