Question

This poet’s spouse created a bust of Sappho for their farmhouse in upstate New York, which Mary Oliver recalled visiting in the essay “Steepletop.” A poem by this author observes that “the rain / is full of ghosts tonight” and notes, “summer sang in me / A little while.” This poet commanded the reader to “let geese gabble and hiss” in a poem that considers those who “have heard her massive sandal set on stone.” That sonnet by this author imagines the “terrible (10[1])day, when first the shaft into his vision shone / of light anatomized!” (10[1])This poet stated “Infinity / Came down and settled over me” in a poem beginning “All I could see (10[1])from where I stood / Was three long mountains and a wood.” For 10 points, name this poet of “Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare” and “Renascence.” ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Edna St. Vincent Millay
<Illinois B, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris YooWilliam & MaryUNC C8210
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC D9510
Joseph ChambersVirginia ADuke11410
Josh SchmidtLiberty ASouth Carolina1430
Johanna BryantLiberty CUNC B1430
Soren HeydariUNC BLiberty C1430
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaLiberty A1430

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