Question

Two lovers in a poem by this author secretly move “their faces, their lips” closer together unbeknownst to the shop owner in the back. In a translation by Edmund Keeley, a speaker created by this author imagines the reader buying “fine things” like “mother of pearl and coral.” At the end of a (-5[1])poem by this author, (15[1])the speaker is told “you’ve wasted your life here, (15[1])in this small (15[1])corner.” People in a poem by this author are (*) dazzled by “elegant canes beautifully worked in silver and gold.” In one poem by this author of “The City,” the speaker advises, “hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery.” In a poem by this author, consuls and senators wait for the title (10[1])group who “were a kind of solution.” (10[1])For 10 points, the poems “Ithaka” and “Waiting for the Barbarians” (10[1])are by what early 20th Century Greek poet? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Constantine P. Cavafy [or C. P. Cavafy; or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis] (The lead-in is “He Asked about the Quality.”)
<SP, European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLSIUE B52-5
Shourjo GanguliOhio State ASIUE A5615
Henry CafaroChicago BMissouri6515
Stan MelkumianPurdue AMichigan A6815
Robert CondronChicago AChicago D12510
Ben DahlPurdue BOhio State C13210
Rohan NavaneethaOhio State BChicago C14310
David NickelPurdue CMichigan B1520

Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y3100%33%0%80.67
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y875%38%13%98.17