Question

The speaker of a poem by this author promises that all of his “muscle, sinew, and vein / which tile this house, will come again” after he “contributes his firmness” to a glass pane he engraves. In another poem by this author, the speaker describes the “mintage” of his own tears, which are “coined” by the addressee’s face. One of two objects in a third poem by this (15[1])author “leans and harkens” after the other and “grows erect” as the other “comes home.” The speaker cautions the addressee not to make (*) “sigh-tempests move” in a poem by this author that (10[1])opens, “As virtuous men pass mildly away.” In comparing himself and his lover to two arms on a (10[2])compass, this poet wrote, “Thy firmness makes my circle just.” For 10 points, name this poet who wrote Valedictions “of (10[1])Weeping” and “Forbidding Mourning.” ■END■

ANSWER: John Donne (the unnamed poem is “A Valediction of My Name, in the Window”)
<Darren Petrosino, British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Paul SteeplesOld London Town3HK1MM6815
Oliver HargraveBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustFoucault's Penndulum10010
Daoud JacksonBroken HeartsScottish, Irish, Both or Neither11810
Sam FooTabearnacleEdinburgh11810
Andrew Rout10 Negs that Shook the QuizYes, Moderator13810

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%33%0%104.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%0%105.43
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%100%0%82.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%118.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%0%108.40
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%25%114.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%124.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y250%0%0%127.00