Question

A popularizer of this form guides an author named “stream full of life” on a Dantean journey through the heavens in a poem in this form, Book of Eternity. The poem The Walled Garden of Truth exemplifies this form’s typical 11-syllable meter and didactic nature. Scholars group “analogy” and “hiatus” among the seven “voices” used (10[1])by a poem in this form. (10[1])This form was used for the works in (10[1])Jami’s Haft Awrang and (-5[1])Amir Khusrow’s (-5[1])Khamsa, which is modeled on Nizami’s Five Treasures. (-5[1])A poem in this form advises to “Neglect the foam, and regard the sea” (-5[1])in a parable about an elephant in a dark room, and consists (10[1])of six books written in the (-5[1])Turkish city of Konya. A poem in this form (-5[1])instructs readers to hear an instrument (-5[1])lament a “tale (-5[2])of separations” (10[3]-5[1])in the “Song of the Reed.” (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, what Persian form titles (-5[1])the best-known (-5[1])work (10[1])of Rūmī? ■END■ (10[12]0[3])

ANSWER: masnavi (“mass-nuh-VEE”) [or mathnawi; or mathnavi; accept Spiritual Couplets or Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi; prompt on couplets or distichs] (Book of Eternity is by Muhammad Iqbal. The Walled Garden of Truth is by Sanā'ī.)
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2488%0%58%134.19

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond ChenToronto BVirginia Tech5410
Aum MundheRutgersIndiana6010
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AIllinois A6810
Kevin WangGeorgia TechCornell A72-5
Parth JagtapToronto CTexas74-5
Jem BurchYaleWUSTL B82-5
Arjun KalaIllinois BVirginia96-5
Mitch McCullarPenn StateFlorida10810
Todd MaslykMichiganCornell B114-5
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEUC Berkeley B123-5
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateBritish Columbia129-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaIowa State132-5
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AWaterloo A132-5
Bryan UgazArizona StateOttawa134-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsHarvard13410
Michał GerasimiukStanfordNorth Carolina A13410
Caleb OttWaterloo BNYU13410
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternColumbia A14010
Shiva TegullaUCFWinona State140-5
Neal JoshiWUSTL AChicago A140-5
Chris ScheriRITColumbia B147-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltOhio State149-5
Alvin GuoChicago BMIT15010
Adrian WongOttawaArizona State1530
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaGeorgia State15310
William GrogerColumbia BRIT1530
Kevin PengCornell BMichigan15310
Rosa XiaCornell AGeorgia Tech15310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaIllinois B15310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota15310
Isaac MammelMarylandNorth Carolina B15310
Roxanne TangOhio StateVanderbilt15310
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AToronto A15310
Jisoo YooTexasToronto C15310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BLSE15310
Henry BonWinona StateUCF1530
Ned TagtmeierChicago AWUSTL A15310
John John GrogerWUSTL BYale15310