Packet D: Tossup 1

A poet in this language was inspired by T. S. Eliot’s theory of the objective correlative for his idea of “occasions.” A poet who described how it was suddenly evening at the end of a three-line poem used this language, (-5[1])which was central to a 1920s literary movement (-5[1])named in reference (10[1])to Hermes Trismegistus. (10[7]-5[2])The narrator (10[1])of a (10[1])poem in this (10[1])language sits on a “solitary” hill (10[1])and (10[1])wonders how (10[1])“sweet” (10[3]-5[1])it would (10[1])be to be shipwrecked (10[1])“in this sea.” (-5[3])This language (10[1])of the collection Cuttlefish (10[1])Bones (10[3]-5[1])was used (10[1])to (10[1])describe (10[1])the limitless vastness (10[3])of negative space in “The (10[1])Infinite.” (10[5])A poet (-5[1])in this language (10[1])developed and used an interlocking (-5[1])three-line rhyme (10[1])scheme for an (10[1])epic (10[1])where the (10[2])author’s dead (10[1])love (10[1])guides (10[1])him through (10[1])the nine (10[1])celestial (10[2])spheres. (10[5]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this language used by Nobel (10[1])Prize winners (10[1])Eugenio Montale and Salvatore (-5[1])Quasimodo. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[6])

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