Packet 9: Bonus 2
In its last stanza, this poem’s speaker states that “we.. went without the meat, and cursed the bread.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poem about a rich man “admirably schooled in every grace.” “One calm summer night,” this poem’s title character “Went home and put a bullet through his head.”
ANSWER: “Richard Cory”
[10m] “Richard Cory” was collected in Children of the Night by this American poet of “Miniver Cheevy.”
ANSWER: Edwin Arlington Robinson [reject “Edward Arlington Robinson”]
[10e] Robinson wrote that “The master-songs are ended” in another poem from Children of the Night titled for this American poet. This author of Leaves of Grass eulogized Abraham Lincoln in “O Captain! My Captain!”
ANSWER: Walt Whitman [or Walter Whitman Jr.]
<Poetry — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 13.85 | 89% | 27% | 23% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrol Hyde B | Harpeth Hall | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Portland High | Athens Bible School | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN A | Franklin Road Academy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| USN B | Merrol Hyde A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| USN C | Owensboro | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 10.00 | 81% | 13% | 6% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 40% | 60% |