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 - Misc Literature>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Berkeley | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Stanford+ | Cry of the Common Loon | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |