Round 11: Tossup 19

Candles are snuffed out for this place in a poem whose speaker despairs how cupping this place leaves a message that cannot be sent. Changes to this place are compared to “sorrow, joy, separation and reunion” in a poem that was written while the poet was drinking and thinking about his brother. A question about this place opens that “water melody,” which was written in a style meant to be sung. In another poem, a woman stares at this place while waiting (10[1])on the jade steps. (-5[1])In one poem, this place (10[1])makes friends with the speaker and his shadow while they sing (10[1])and dance (10[1])together. After looking at this place, the speaker bows his head and thinks of his (10[1])homeland in the poem “Quiet Night Thoughts.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, according to legend, Li Bai died trying to embrace the reflection of what place? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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