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A poem describes how these animals “sink downward to darkness” after a woman gets a vision of Christ in Palestine. (10[1])A poem titled for these animals describes these animals (10[1])“giving their bland motions to the air.” In addition to that “Invective Against [these animals],” a poem describes how “the only moving thing was the eye” (10[1])of one (10[1])of these (10[1])animals. One of these general animals titles an autobiography about growing up (10[2])in Stamps, Arkansas. For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])a Wallace Stevens poem describes “Thirteen Ways (10[1])of Looking” at (-5[1])what animals, another of which is “caged” and “sings” (10[1])in the title of a Maya Angelou autobiography? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: birds [accept blackbirds or swans or pigeons; accept “Invective Against Swans”; accept “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”] (The poem in the first line is “Sunday Morning”.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BylinowskiAuburn ATennessee B1910
Mac DixonEmory OxfordBelmont2810
Braeden LarocheSouth Carolina AClemson B5410
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DSouth Carolina B5610
Pranav JohtiGeorgia Tech AClemson A5810
Towery McNeilMississippi State AFurman7010
Towery McNeilMississippi State AFurman7010
Mac DixonEmory OxfordGeorgia Tech C7410
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B7610
Britton WebsterAlabama AAuburn B8310
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AVanderbilt B86-5
Brandon HuntAuburn CGeorgia A9510
Colin VessVanderbilt BVanderbilt A10410