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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.” A poem titled for this object begins, (*) “How many dawns, (10[1])chill from his rippling rest / The seagull’s wings shall dip and pivot him” and concludes with the command “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,” (10[1])which follow the opening (10[1])“Proem.” For 10 points, name this structure in New York that titles a long poem by (10[1])Hart (10[1])Crane. ■END■

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.”)
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange9110
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country13510
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up13910
Kunaal Chandrashekaras rational as the square root of two power bottomsModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha15510
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers15610

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