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.” (-5[1])A poet from this movement who wrote the Cahiers (“kah-YAYS”) had a nineteen-year period (-5[1])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” were written by poets from this movement. For 10 points, name this 19th-century literary movement that included Paul Valéry and Stéphane Mallarmé. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Symbolism [or symbolisme; or Symbolist poetry]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yashwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan B54-5
Iris Pardue (UG)KenyonOhio State B67-5
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CCedarville1380
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State BKenyon1380
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BMichigan A13810

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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%136.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y683%0%17%128.80
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State01/27/2024Y333%0%67%138.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y8100%0%13%119.25
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%60.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y560%0%20%106.67