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 (-5[1])poem that ends with pigeons descending “on extended wings.” A man riding “over Connecticut” fears “the shadow (10[1])of his equipage” (10[1])in a poem by this author of “Sunday Morning.” (10[1])This author asks why golden versions (10[1])of the title figures are imagined by the “Thin men of Haddam” in a poem that opens “Among twenty snowy mountains.” Another poem (10[1])by this author commands the reader to “call the roller of big cigars.” (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this American poet of “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” and “The Emperor of Ice Cream.” ■END■ (10[1])

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary