Question

The speaker of a poem in this form claims, “the shore gleams in its natural stones / and birds sing sweetest without any art” in order to extol nakedness. A yellowed reproduction of a poem in this form begins the accordion poem Nox. (-5[1])A torrid love affair is described in a set of six poems in this form thought to be written by a “daughter of Servius,” known as the “garland of Sulpicia.” A line in this form notes, “my work rises in six beats, sinks in (*) five,” referring to this form’s pairing of dactylic hexameter and pentameter. (-5[1])A woman named Cynthia is the addressee of the first (-5[1])of four books of poetry in this form by Sextus Propertius. A Catullus poem using this form’s namesake couplets and addressed to the poet’s brother ends, “hail and farewell.” For 10 points, name this poetic form now used to mourn the dead. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: elegy [or elegia; or elegiac form; accept elegiac couplets] (Nox is by Anne Carson; the line in the fourth sentence is from Ovid’s Amores.)
<HG, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justine FrenchU[C]SDJason et al.42-5
Ian TullisAnderson et al.SGV Ventures97-5
Kevin ParkClaremontALCU107-5
Josh XuALCUClaremont14910
Will AlstonSGV VenturesAnderson et al.15010
Jason ChengJason et al.U[C]SD1500

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y367%0%100%149.50
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y4100%0%25%132.75
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y6100%17%33%130.00
2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y3100%33%33%126.00
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y4100%0%25%136.25
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y5100%20%40%130.00
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y4100%0%0%150.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%97.00