Question

The speaker of this poem lists “the lime trees’ agitated shade” and “the thin cricket-sound / of consolation’s parting word” after realizing that “nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take.” This poem ends by imagining a monument depicting the speaker crying tears of melted snow. This poem considers how “Mary Magdalene beat her breast and sobbed” after Jesus urges, “Mother, I beg you, do not weep for me.” A woman “with lips blue from cold” (10[1])asks this poem’s speaker “can you describe this?” as they wait in line outside a prison in this poem’s first section, “Instead of a Preface.” (10[1])This poem’s penultimate section, “Crucifixion,” alludes to the arrest of the author’s son Lev by the (10[1]-5[1])NKVD. For 10 points, name this long elegiac poem with a musical title by Anna Akhmatova ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Requiem” [or “Rekviem”]
<HG, European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ZhengMichigan BCase Western B7910
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan State10410
Rachel FanousMichigan AKenyon12010
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AMichigan D120-5
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon AMichigan C1370
Dennis YangMichigan CCarnegie Mellon A1370
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCarnegie Mellon B1370
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BOhio State B1370

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