Question
This collection introduced the phrase “ships that pass in the night” in a narrative poem about Elizabeth Haddon, who waits for John Estaugh to love her back. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this collection that includes several poems narrated by the Theologian. The landlord of this book’s title structure in Sudbury narrates the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
ANSWER: Tales of a Wayside Inn (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
[10e] Echoing Longfellow, this poet wrote that “the ship I seek is passing, passing” in his poem “Ships That Pass in the Night.” His poem “Sympathy” ends “I know why the caged bird sings!”
ANSWER: Paul Laurence Dunbar
[10h] Daniel Hoffman traces the opening line of this 1899 collection’s sixth poem, “I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night,” to Longfellow. Its first poem repeats the title sentiment to a maiden, a baby, and a mother.
ANSWER: War Is Kind [accept War Is Kind and Other Poems or War Is Kind and Other Lines] (by Stephen Crane)
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 23 | 13.04 | 100% | 26% | 4% |
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