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In a poem based on an actual event, this author described a captain who was “tarred and feathered (-5[1])and carried in a cart / by the women of Marblehead.” In one of this author’s poems, a woman worn down by “child-birth pain” imagines a manly form by her side and that “joy was duty and love was law.” This author wrote that “When faith is lost, when honor dies, / The man is dead” in a poem attacking a politician. In a poem about an encounter between a judge and a country girl, this author claimed that the saddest words are “it might have been.” (10[1])An old woman in a poem by this author shouts, “Shoot, if you must, this old gray head” while waving an American flag over Stonewall Jackson’s troops. For 10 points, name this 19th-century American poet of “Maud Muller” and “Barbara Frietchie.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: John Greenleaf Whittier (The first poem is “Skipper Ireson’s Ride.” The third poem is “Ichabod” about Daniel Webster.)
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Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Duke A (UG)17-5
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)UNC C (UG)10410
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Liberty C (DII)14610

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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y2100%0%50%125.00
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