Tossup

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 (10[1])asks why golden versions of the title figures are imagined by the “Thin men (10[1])of Haddam” in a poem that opens “Among twenty snowy mountains.” (10[1])Another poem by this author commands the reader to “call the roller of big cigars.” (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this American poet of “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” and “The (10[1])Emperor of Ice Cream.” ■END■ (0[2])

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

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS3100%0%94.00
Southern CaliforniaUS771%14%80.20
Eastern Canada (1)US425%50%53.00
Eastern Canada (2)US875%25%68.17
FloridaUS333%0%53.00
Great LakesUS1191%0%72.20
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%11%57.75
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS850%25%75.00
MidwestUS8100%13%71.50
NorthUS450%0%100.50
PacificUS875%0%68.17
SoutheastUS1182%18%55.67
Upstate NYUS1100%0%53.00