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Packet I: Bonus 12

A response to this poem by Ocean Vuong states, “Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poem about an object that lacks a head with “eyes like ripening fruit” and yet is “suffused with brilliance inside.” This poem ends by commanding “you must change your life.”
ANSWER: “Archaic Torso of Apollo” [or “Archäischer Torso Apollos”]
[10e] The “Archaic Torso of Apollo” is a poem in this 14-line form. A Shakespeare poem in this form begins by asking, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
ANSWER: sonnet [accept Shakespearean sonnet]
[10m] Other sonnets written by this poet of“Archaic Torso of Apollo” include the Sonnets to Orpheus. This Austrian poet began his Duino Elegies by asking, “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic orders?”
ANSWER: Rainer Maria Rilke [or René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
12116.3698%48%17%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
MacalesterIowa State010010E
Wisconsin ASt. Thomas010010E
Wisconsin BMichigan Tech010010E
Wisconsin CMinnesota0101020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Northern CaliforniaMain✓415.00100%50%0%
Southern CaliforniaMain✓715.71100%57%0%
Eastern Canada (1)Main✓518.00100%40%40%
Eastern Canada (2)Main✓914.44100%44%0%
FloridaMain✓47.5075%0%0%
Great LakesMain✓1220.00100%67%33%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain✓916.67100%44%22%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓220.00100%50%50%
MidwestMain✓921.11100%78%33%
NorthMain✓412.50100%25%0%
NortheastMain✓1016.00100%40%20%
PacificMain✓818.75100%63%25%
South CentralMain✓715.71100%43%14%
SoutheastMain✓1316.9292%54%23%
Upstate NYMain✓514.00100%40%0%
UK (North)UK✓512.00100%20%0%
UK (South)UK✓815.00100%38%13%