Round 7: Tossup 4

Robert Frost accused this author of writing too much about “bric-a-brac.” This author describes “Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair” in a poem that ends with pigeons descending “on extended wings.” A man riding “over Connecticut” fears “the shadow of his equipage” in a poem by this author of “Sunday Morning.” This author asks why golden versions of the title figures are imagined by the “Thin men of Haddam” in a poem that opens “Among twenty snowy mountains.” Another poem by this author commands the reader to “call the roller of big cigars.” (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this American poet of “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” and “The Emperor of Ice Cream.” ■END■

ANSWER: Wallace Stevens
<Nebraska C, American Literature> | Packet G
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain3100%0%94.00
Southern CaliforniaMain771%14%80.20
Eastern Canada (1)Main425%50%53.00
Eastern Canada (2)Main875%25%68.17
FloridaMain333%0%53.00
Great LakesMain1191%0%72.20
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain989%11%57.75
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain850%25%75.00
MidwestMain8100%13%71.50
NorthMain450%0%100.50
PacificMain875%0%68.17
South CentralMain560%0%61.33
SoutheastMain1182%18%55.67
Upstate NYMain1100%0%53.00