Bonus

An essay by this author declares that the head is led to the syllable by way of the ear, and the heart is led to the line by way of breath. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this American poet who quoted maxims such as “One perception must immediately and directly lead to a further perception” in a literary manifesto that mentions Homer and Euripides as writers who practiced “composition by field.”
ANSWER: Charles Olson
[10m] Olson’s manifesto “Projective Verse” stated the principles of this group of poets, sometimes called the “projectivists.” This group included Robert Creeley and Ed Dorn.
ANSWER: Black Mountain poets
[10e] Olson cited this poem as pointing the way toward a complete theory of projective verse. Parts of this book-length Ezra Pound poem were written in and named for the city of Pisa.
ANSWER: The Cantos [or The Pisan Cantos]
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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AWUSTL B10101030HME
Columbia ABritish Columbia0101020ME
Columbia BGeorgia Tech001010E
FloridaMIT001010E
Georgia StateVirginia Tech0101020ME
Illinois APenn State0101020ME
IndianaWUSTL A0101020ME
Iowa StateCornell B001010E
Johns HopkinsUC Berkeley B001010E
LSECornell A001010E
MinnesotaToronto B0101020ME
NYURutgers0101020ME
North Carolina AMaryland0101020ME
NorthwesternOhio State001010E
RITChicago B001010E
TexasWaterloo B001010E
UC Berkeley AToronto A001010E
VirginiaToronto C001010E
Waterloo AHarvard10101030HME
YaleIllinois B001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2015.50100%45%10%