Question

A stanza with this number of lines in “chained rhyme” typically follows a stanza in “kissing rhyme.” A poetic form based on stanzas with this many lines uses the technique of “backward crossing” to rearrange this many words that end the lines of each stanza. In English, this is the number of metrical feet in an (15[1])alexandrine. A (15[1])poetic form consisting of this many stanzas of this many lines, followed by an (15[1])envoi, was developed by Arnaut Daniel and other (*) troubadours. Petrarch’s epic poem Africa uses a metric scheme made of this many dactyls, which Homer used (10[1])for the Iliad and the Odyssey. This many lines occur after a change of (10[1])tone known as the volta in Italian sonnets, which itself occurs after an octet. For 10 points, give this number of lines in two (10[1])tercets, or one sestet. ■END■

ANSWER: six
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Owen MimnoNYU ABard5615
Evan SchleckGathererRutgers5815
Jem BurchYaleLehigh A7215
Jack RadoColumbia ANYU C9710
Carter McLeanPrincetonColumbia B11110
Zaid AsifNYU BColumbia C13510

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%50%0%88.17
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%100%139.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%25%105.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y7100%57%29%88.29
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%33%103.67