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In a poem by this author, the speaker “[drops] down, and down” after a “Plank of Reason” breaks. (10[10])In another poem (10[1])by this author, (10[1])the speaker claims, (10[1])“sore must be the storm (10[1])/ That (10[1])could abash” the title figure. (10[3])“[The] Setting Sun” (10[1])and “the Fields (10[1])of (10[1])Gazing (-5[1])Grain” are passed (10[1])by (10[1])a (10[1])speaker (10[1]-5[1])created by (-5[1])this (10[2])author, (10[1]-5[1])who, in (10[1])another poem, (10[1])described (10[1])a figure (10[1])that “never… (10[1])asked (10[1])a crumb of me” (10[3])and (10[2])“perches (10[1])in (10[1])the soul.” (10[9])A (10[1])poem (10[1]-5[1])by this (10[1])author (10[1])centers (10[3]-5[1])on a (10[1])carriage ride (10[1])with Immortality (10[13])and the title figure, (10[1]-5[1])who (10[3])“kindly [stops]” (10[1])for her. (10[8]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[1])“‘Hope’ (10[1])is the thing (10[2])with (10[1])feathers” (10[1])was written by (10[1])what “Belle of Amherst” who also wrote (10[1])“Because I could not stop for Death?” (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[5])

ANSWER: Emily Dickinson [or Emily Elizabeth Dickinson] (The poem mentioned in the first line is “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.”)
<Chicago B, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Charlie RuffMcGill AOttawa D1710
Peyton LeggUCF AERAU Daytona A1710
Meredith WiperCWRU BLouisville C1710
Kevin ZhengMichigan APittsburgh1710
Kevin LiuMaryland ANYU B1710
Beckett PurseyPurdue BIllinois Blue1710
Camden WalkerWashU GrolarsIllinois Champaign1710
Darren KellisVanderbilt AAuburn B1710
Devin TharpChipola CollegeMississippi State A1710
Eric ZhuCornell DBinghamton C1710
Anne FjeldAlberta ATexas2010
James O'ReillyArizona State AWashington Masu2310
Sewanth PaudelOhio State CMichigan State D2610
Thomas ZhaoMichigan CCWRU C3110
Jonathan HoAlberta BBoise State3310
Elizabeth BowlingIndiana BIowa A3810
Ian SaylorWisconsin ASt. Thomas3810
Ethan AltshulEmory ATennessee A3810
Davis JohnsonPurdue AChicago A4110
William ErwinWilliam & Mary BLiberty B4410
Jason LeeRutgers ANYU C4510
Vijay HansBerkeley Boss BanditStanford A46-5
Alex WongRutgers DLehigh A4910
Colette GiezentannerWashU GrizzlersIllinois Orange5010
Nick SmemoeUNC AVCU A5110
David RoppDuke AVirginia Tech A5210
Ba Loc DinhIllinois UrbanaPurdue C52-5
Eugene KimPurdue DIndiana A54-5
Mia LiuBerkeley Little PrinceBerkeley Skeleton King5510
Liam RojasVirginia AVirginia Tech C5510
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Zaid AsifNYU ARutgers C56-5
Mary Kate VanceLouisville AMichigan State B5810
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech AAuburn C6010
Emily KadolphVirginia Tech BTusculum A6110
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Daniel SlaterTennessee TechSewanne6610
Winston ZuoUC Santa BarbaraUCLA D7010
Taisia Kudimova-CampeanuImperial DBirmingham7010
Andrew MillerBinghamton ABinghamton B7010
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Mai HöglundClaremont BUSC B7110
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Drew WetterlindIowa StateWisconsin B7310
Anna LiaoMichigan BKentucky7510
Peter ZengOhio State ACWRU A7510
Max KurzmanUNC DLiberty C7510
Margaret WithersGeorge Mason BGeorge Mason C7510
Nathan PhanPrincetonStony Brook7510
Annabelle KoopmansWashington AtlanticWashington Steelhead7510
Madeline PainterGeorgia Tech DTennessee B7510
John ShelleyClemson BVanderbilt B7510
Oliver WestCambridge BWarwick7510
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June MillerFlorida AFlorida B8710
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Mackenzie TottColumbia AMaryland C8710
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University AIllinois Canada8710
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Christopher BradleySouthern Connecticut State University ABoston University B8710
Michael AiWilliams ATufts A8710
Trey LewisSouth Carolina AGeorgia A8710
Niyanthi YamunanGeorgia Tech EVanderbilt C8710
Judah GarlicCornell CRochester8710
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Sophia PengRutgers CNYU A9610
Jaden BandyRutgers BVassar B9610
Cooper MorrisColumbia BJohns Hopkins96-5
Ruby XiaArizona State BWashington Chinook9610
Logan Van PeltWashington CohoBritish Columbia B9610
Harry SextonEdinburgh AYork9610
Nina BindraSouthamptonCambridge E9610
Bethany HowardImperial ACardiff9610
Manobhiram VegendlaOhio State DCWRU D9710
Addison WigginsSouth Florida AFlorida State A9810
Simarya AhujaWashington SockeyeBritish Columbia C9910
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Meredie CohenWilliam & Mary AWilliam & Mary C10310
Nicholas RyanLehigh BVassar A10310
Saleena LiveraImperial BOxford10410
Neela Perceval-MaxwellMcGill EOttawa A10510
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Surya DonathStanford ABerkeley Boss Bandit1230
Eric MorshedJohns HopkinsColumbia B12310
Tobias CortesIndiana APurdue D12310
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Thaddeus HolmesDurham CSheffield A1230
Charlie CastletonSheffield ADurham C1230
Aditi NebhwaniBristolImperial C1230
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%0%101.25
UK (South)UK875%0%87.00
Northern CaliforniaUS475%25%69.33
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%75.14
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%66.25
FloridaUS4100%0%73.25
Great LakesUS10100%0%56.80
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%71.44
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS11100%9%75.55
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1100%100%123.00
MidwestUS9100%22%60.00
NorthUS4100%0%75.75
NortheastUS2100%0%87.00
PacificUS8100%13%70.63
SoutheastUS12100%0%63.00
Upstate NYUS5100%20%68.80