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This object is compared to “Caged Circe” and described as the “romantic passageway first seen by the eye of the mind, then by the eye” in the opening poem of Marianne Moore’s collection Tell Me, Tell Me. In a poem titled for this object, the question “shall the hands be drawn away, to die?” appears before an appeal to the “Hand of Fire.” This title object’s “swift / unfractioned idiom” is praised by a speaker who asks, “Unto us lowliest sometimes sweep.” (15[1])A poem titled for this object begins, (*) “How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest / The seagull’s wings shall dip and pivot him” and concludes with the command (10[1])“descend / and of the curveship lend a myth to God.” That poem titled for this object contains the sections “Ave Maria” and “Powhatan’s Daughter,” (-5[1])which follow the opening “Proem.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this structure in New York that titles (10[1])a long poem (10[1])by Hart Crane. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Brooklyn Bridge [prompt on The Bridge; prompt on “The Tunnel” by asking, “that is a section of a poem titled for what object?”; accept “Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge”] (The Marianne Moore poem is “Granite and Steel.”)
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Andrew HartBHSU RebirthBHSU ReFantazio8115
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Music to Help You Stop Smoking11010
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?WashU135-5
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysNortheast by Northwestern14010
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofClown Senpais15110
Zach JosephNotre DameClown Squad15410
Charles HangWashUWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?15810

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