Question
A poem titled for these people describes how "Autumn is desolation in the plot / Of a thousand acres." For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these people whose headstones "yield their names to the element" "row by row" in an Allen Tate ode.
ANSWER: the Confederate dead [accept equivalents such as Confederate soldiers or Confederates; accept "Ode to the Confederate Dead"; prompt on dead people; prompt on soldiers or veterans]
[10e] This poet responded to "Ode to the Confederate Dead" in a poem about a monument to Colonel Shaw and his Black soldiers, "For the Union Dead." This Boston confessional poet of "Skunk Hour" was mentored by Tate and lived on his lawn in a tent.
ANSWER: Robert Lowell [or Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV]
[10h] "Ode to the Confederate Dead" describes how these objects "plunge and expire." An Oliver Wendell Holmes poem titled for one of these objects describes "the old three-cornered hat" worn by Thomas Melvill.
ANSWER: leaves [accept "The Last Leaf"]
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 37 | 10.00 | 68% | 24% | 8% |