Packet G: Tossup 4

In The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Sandy Stranger imagines a character (-5[1])from this poem (-5[1])telling her she is to be “so ill-fated in love” as Miss Jean Brodie recites this poem. That character in this poem is compared to a “bold seër in a trance” as she (10[1])chants “a carol, mournful, holy.” In this poem’s (10[1])last stanza, a man sees the title character and muses “She has a lovely face.” (10[2]-5[1])This (10[1])poem begins (10[1])in a place (10[1])where “On either side the river lie (10[4])/ Long (10[2])fields (10[2])of barley (10[3])and of (10[1])rye.” (10[5]-5[1])The title character (10[2])of this poem (10[1])says “I am half sick of (10[2])shadows” (10[4])after (10[2]-5[1])weaving (10[2])images (10[1]-5[1])of a nearby (10[1])castle. (10[2])In this poem, (10[1])a (10[1])mirror is “crack’d (10[1])from (10[2])side to side” (10[3])after (10[1])the title character triggers a curse (10[1])by looking out at (10[1])Lancelot. (10[3])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this Alfred, Lord (10[1])Tennyson poem about a woman (10[2])who dies (10[2]-5[2])on a boat (10[1])headed to Camelot. (10[2]) (10[6]0[12])■END■

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