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 (15[1])stanza. In English, this is the number of metrical feet in an alexandrine. A poetic form (15[2])consisting of this many stanzas of this many (-5[1])lines, followed by an envoi, was (15[1])developed by Arnaut Daniel and other (*) troubadours. (-5[1])Petrarch’s epic poem Africa uses a metric scheme made of this many dactyls, which Homer used for the Iliad and the (10[1])Odyssey. This many lines occur after a change of tone known as the volta in Italian sonnets, which itself occurs after an octet. For 10 points, give this number of lines in two tercets, or one sestet. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: six
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Young Fenimore LeeOhioWUSTL4415
Alan LeeCase WesternMichigan C6015
Alan LeeCase WesternMichigan C6015
Sam MacchiVassarPenn State B68-5
Teigue KellyPenn State AIowa7415
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan A81-5
Kevin ZhengMichigan BNorth Carolina10210
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AOhio State13910
Thomas FlexerPenn State BVassar13910

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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