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 as “a plea, that upward to Heaven (10[1])he flings,” is (-5[1])described in the Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem (-5[1])“Sympathy,” (10[3])whose refrain of “I know” was used to title a book (10[2])about growing up in Stamps, (10[1])Arkansas. For 10 points, name this action done by a “caged bird” in the title (10[1])of a Maya Angelou memoir. ■END■ (10[1])

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.)
<American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%25%138.75
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%119.57
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%22%123.56
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%43%138.29
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%118.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael HundingUIUC APurdue A10210
Stephen WalshNorthwestern APurdue C105-5
Sophia GnadingerUChicago DMiami112-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AWashU B11310
Arthur GaydenUChicago AUChicago B11310
Arjun KalaUIUC BUChicago C11310
Lucas GagenMiamiUChicago D12410
Jisoo ParkUIUC CPurdue B12410
Conner YamnitzWashU CWashU D12910
Davis JohnsonPurdue DUIUC D14410
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CNorthwestern A15010