Question
A boy stands on this kind of deck "whence all but he had fled" in Felicia Hemans' poem "Casabianca." For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this event, which titles a poem whose narrator is woken by "thund'ring noise"? A villanelle states that "old age should [do this action] and rave at close of day."
ANSWER: burning [accept "the boy stood on the burning deck" or "Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10th, 1666" or "old age should burn and rave at close of day"; prompt on synonyms like fire or flame; prompt on destruction]
[10e] This Welsh poet of "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London" wrote "old age should burn and rave at close of day" in "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night."
ANSWER: Dylan Thomas [or Dylan Marlais Thomas]
[10m] This poet wrote "My pleasant things in ashes lie" in "Verses upon the Burning of Our House." This poet addressed her work as a “rambling brat” and "ill-form'd offspring of my feeble brain.”
ANSWER: Anne Bradstreet [accept Anne Dudley]
<Literature - British Literature - Poetry>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. Stevenson A | Belmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Eastchester | Richard Montgomery | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hinsdale Central A | Walter Payton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Innovation Academy A | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Lambert A | Audrain County AT | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Lexington | Strake Jesuit A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Lindbergh | Westwood | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Montgomery Blair A | Northview | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northmont | Johns Creek | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Strake Jesuit B | Fremd | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Alabama Cyber Tech | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |