Packet 13: Bonus 19
Critics read reminiscences of the poet’s lover Lota de Macedo Soares into this poem’s line “And vaster, / some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this poem that advises “Then practice losing farther, losing faster.” This villanelle by Elizabeth Bishop repeats the line “The art of losing isn’t hard to master.”
ANSWER: “One Art”
[10h] Much of the analysis of “One Art” focuses on these two words. The speaker’s facade seems to break down in this two-word parenthetical in the last line of the poem.
ANSWER: “Write it!”
[10e] Bishop’s collection Questions of Travel includes a poem titled “First Death” in a region in this country. Famous authors from this country include Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood.
ANSWER: Canada
<Literature - American, Omkar Marathe> | VAULT II Packet 13 (Finals 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington A | Belmont A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |