Question

A poem set in this city depicts flags put up “to make them think that we're happy.” In a poem titled for this city, the speaker states, “I don’t walk, I fly, I become another, transfigured.” The speaker envisions his voice changing “to the most terrible of voices or silence” in a poem in which his “blood be forgotten” if he forgets this city. The poet states, “You killed me ... and I (*) forgot, like you, to die” in a poem titled for this city by the author of Memory for Forgetfulness. This city is built “In England's green and pleasant Land” in a poem describing it “among these dark Satanic Mills.” The line (-5[1])“and did those feet in ancient time” partly titles a poem named for this city by William Blake. For 10 points, name this capital written about by Yehuda Amichai and other Hebrew-language poets. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Jerusalem [or Yerushalayim]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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Jisoo YooTexas AOklahoma A114-5
Owen GilroyTexas COklahoma B14710
Beth FelknerOklahoma ATexas A14810
Rahul KumarRiceTexas B14810

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%105.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%33%0%74.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%75.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%147.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%40%0%87.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%108.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y450%0%50%111.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%131.00