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The Autobiografia sonnet sequence appears in a work titled for this collection whose final edition in 1947 included over 400 poems; that collection with this title catalogues the life’s work of Triestine poet Umberto Saba. The speaker of this collection sees a hind caught by dogs and a foundering ship among six visions outside a window in a poem that puns on his lover’s name and a kind of tree. This collection is traditionally divided into poems “in life” and “in death.” The 366th and final poem in this collection is a “Prayer to the Virgin.” Thomas Wyatt produced the first English translation of this collection, which opens by addressing “you who hear the sound in scattered rhymes.” For 10 points, the poet professes love for Laura in what collection by Petrarch? ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 0% | 91.33 |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 80% | 40% | 118.75 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 60% | 20% | 95.33 |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 100% | 0% | 105.67 |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 0% | 111.00 |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 60% | 40% | 90.67 |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 100% | 131.00 |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 0% | 88.50 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 75% | 25% | 112.67 |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 100% | 0% | 112.60 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 50% | 50% | 99.50 |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 33% | 33% | 129.00 |