Round 3: Tossup 7
One poem by this author tells its reader to “Follow where all is fled! – Rome’s azure sky.” This author, who began one poem by describing “The awful shadow of some unseen Power,” compared the title subject of another work to a “glow-worm golden / In a dell of dew.” This author of “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty.” addressed a (*) “Destroyer and Preserver” in a work ending with the question “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” This poet greets the title bird of one work with the line “Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!” For 10 points, name this British poet who elegised John Keats in “Adonais” and wrote “Ode to the West Wind” and “To a Skylark.” ■END■
ANSWER: Percy Shelley [or Percy Bysshe Shelley]
<Literature - British, Daniel Merida> | VAULT II Packet 03
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarya Joshi | Texas A | Texas B | 56 | 15 |
| Victor Fu (North Gwinnett) | Georgia B | Georgia C | 59 | 10 |
| Suchet Kuturu | Georgia A | North Carolina | 71 | 10 |
| Sita Agastya | New York | Kentucky | 76 | 10 |
| Samrat Vibhuti (Challenger-Strawberry Park) | California | Washington | 113 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 89.83 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 0% | 33% | 70.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 87.00 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 25% | 0% | 100% | 118.00 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 60% | 0% | 20% | 87.33 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 96.50 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 25% | 25% | 50% | 43.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 71.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 75.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 88% | 50% | 38% | 67.00 |