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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
ArielPitt AMichigan B73-5
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Kenyon A (UG)104-5
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU D (DII)113-5
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan APitt B (UG)11510
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)CWRU C (UG)11810
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State B (UG)14310
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Michigan State C (UG)14610
Ethan Shu (DII)CWRU D (DII)Ohio State C (DII)14710
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Ohio State A (UG)14910
BiyangMichigan BPitt A15010

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