Packet O: Bonus 16
One poem calls the goddess of this concept “Of Cerberus, and blackest Midnight born.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this concept, which a companion piece to that poem imagines as a “pensive nun, devout and pure / Sober, stedfast, and demure.” Robert Burton wrote a treatise on the “Anatomy” of this concept.
ANSWER: melancholy
[10h] The Anatomy of Melancholy was likely an inspiration for this poem, which invokes Melancholy as a goddess “Whose saintly visage is too bright / To hit the sense of human sight.” This poem is often paired with one that invokes Mirth.
ANSWER: “Il Penseroso”
[10e] “Il Penseroso” and its companion piece “L’Allegro” are by this poet of “Lycidas.” Near the end of his life, this poet wrote his magnum opus, Paradise Lost.
ANSWER: John Milton
<JK, British Literature> | Packet O - Editors 1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 12 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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| Edinburgh A | Cambridge A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Imperial B | Edinburgh B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |