Question

An epigraph of Blood Meridian quotes a line by a poet from this movement, “Your acts of pity and cruelty are absurd, committed with no calm, as if they were irresistible.” A poem from this movement urges waves to “break up with your rejoicing surges / this quiet roof where sails like doves were pecking.” A poet from this movement who wrote the Cahiers (“kah-YAYS”) had a nineteen-year period of “great silence” after the death of another poet from this movement. A poet from this movement wrote, “The wind rises…we must try to live!” in a poem that describes walking among tombs. “The Graveyard by the Sea” and “A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance” (10[2])were written by poets from this movement. For 10 points, name this 19th-century literary movement that included Paul Valéry and Stéphane (-5[1])Mallarmé. ■END■ (10[3]0[3])

ANSWER: Symbolism [or symbolisme; or Symbolist poetry]
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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%136.00
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