Question
An essay by this author refers to history as “that cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of men.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author of the essay “A Defence of Poetry.” This poet also wrote “To a Skylark.”
ANSWER: Percy Shelley [or Percy Bysshe Shelley]
[10m] Shelley wrote “A Defence of Poetry” in response to this author’s essay “The Four Ages of Poetry.” Shelley is the likely model of Scythrop Glowry, the protagonist of this author’s novel Nightmare Abbey.
ANSWER: Thomas Love Peacock
[10h] Shelley ended “A Defence of Poetry” with the oft-quoted declaration that “poets are the unacknowledged” these people “of the world.” Exact term required.
ANSWER: legislators [accept “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world”]
<Literature - British Literature - Poetry>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
Data
| Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | UBC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thompson et al. | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |