Question

A line about this action ends every stanza of a poem in which the speaker asks, “What matters yon unheeding throng?” and repeats “and all is well.” The speaker of another poem describes the product of this action as it “makes its way in glory / To de very gates of God!” and tells “Miss Lucy” to quit doing this action. Malindy does this action in a poem by an author who wrote about a creature doing this action with “a prayer… from his heart’s deep core” in another poem. A creature who does this action (-5[1])as “a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings,” is described in the Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” whose refrain (10[1])of “I know” (-5[1])was used to title a book about growing up (10[1])in Stamps, Arkansas. For 10 points, name this action done by a “caged (10[2])bird” (10[1])in the title of a Maya (10[1])Angelou memoir. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: singing [or producing song; accept “When Malindy Sings” or “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”] (The first line is from “The Poet and His Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BAuburn C95-5
Henry BylinowskiAuburn ATennesse B11510
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech ATusculum A118-5
Parker McCoigTennesse AGeorgia A12710
Cohen WiegersEmory AAuburn B14010
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CClemson A14010
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech FAlabama A14110
Brandon HuntAuburn CGeorgia Tech B14710
Malachi LedfordTusculum AGeorgia Tech A15010
Benny ShtutmanSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech D15010

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