Question
This poet addressed the line “Nights of insult let you pass / Watched by every human love” to a lover who is told, “Rest your sleeping head, my love, / Human on my faithless arm.” In one work by this poet, a narrator “looking up at the stars” resolves, “If equal affection cannot be, / Let the more loving one be me.” This poet of “Lullaby” described people made “of Eros and of dust” who are “children afraid of the night.” In one work, this poet orders (*) “prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone” and “stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.” This poet proclaimed “We must love one another or die” in a poem set on the outbreak of World War II. For 10 points, name this poet of “Funeral Blues” and “September 1, 1939.” ■END■
ANSWER: W. H. Auden [or Wystan Hugh Auden]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature - British - Poetry> ~25766~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 89% | 34% | 0% | 92.68 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Cindy Gao | Belmont | Carl Sandburg | 53 | 20 |
Uma Mukhopadhyay | Chattahoochee A | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 53 | 20 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Detroit Catholic Central C | 59 | 20 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Chattahoochee B | 61 | 20 |
Sinecio Morales | Rockford Auburn A | Norris | 61 | 20 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Maggie Walker B | 73 | 20 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | Thomas Jefferson A | 73 | 20 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Mercer County | 73 | 20 |
Dennis Yang | Troy | Waukee | 75 | 0 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Hinsdale Central | 80 | 0 |
Eleanor Heydt | Midtown | John Adams A | 80 | 20 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | John Adams B | 80 | 20 |
Kevin Yang | Stevenson A | Kinkaid | 85 | 20 |
Isaac McCollum | Hoover B | Detroit Country Day | 86 | 20 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | Stevenson B | 93 | 10 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Parkway West | 95 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Lincoln-Way East | 95 | 10 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | New Brighton | 96 | 10 |
Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | St. Mark's | 100 | 10 |
Alex Stumbur | Dunbar | West Point | 100 | 10 |
Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Northmont B | 100 | 10 |
Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | Elkhorn North | 100 | 10 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Washington | 100 | 10 |
Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Norman | 101 | 10 |
Charles Young | Barrington A | Winston Churchill B | 102 | 10 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Thomas Jefferson D | 102 | 10 |
Kaitlyn Leonard | Barrington B | Hunter A | 103 | 10 |
Moxie Strom | Hunter B | Northmont A | 104 | 10 |
Jeffrey Xu | Johns Creek A | Saint Joseph | 104 | 10 |
Abigail Lee | Thomas Jefferson C | Innovation Academy B | 117 | 0 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Belvidere | 128 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Rockford Auburn B | 131 | 0 |
Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Canyon Crest | 134 | 0 |
Prahalad Rao | Solon | Moberly | 137 | 10 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Lake Highland | 137 | 10 |
Timothy Porter | Maggie Walker A | Carbondale | 139 | 0 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Thomas Jefferson C | 139 | 0 |
Jiming Chen | Hinsdale Central | Plymouth | 139 | 10 |
Atharva Upadhye | Waukee | Troy | 139 | 0 |