Question

This poet’s best-known work was constructed posthumously from four separate poems in their collection Versos sencillos (“VAIR-sos sen-SEE-ohs”), and popularized by Joseíto Fernández’s (“ho-zay-EE-toh fair-NAN-dezz’s”) improvised additional verses. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this poet, whose poems were put together to form the nationalist song “Guantanamera” (“GWAN-tan-ah-MARE-ah”).
ANSWER: José Martí (“ho-ZAY mar-TEE”) [or José Julián Martí Pérez]
[10e] “Guantanamera” is the national song of this modern-day Caribbean country, where Martí died in the Spanish-American War.
ANSWER: Republic of Cuba
[10h] In the standard version of “Guantanamera,” the third verse uses lines from this Martí poem. The narrator of this poem does the title horticultural action “In July as in January / For the sincere friend / Who gives me his hand frankly.”
ANSWER: “I Cultivate A White Rose” [or “Cultivo Una Rosa Blanca” or “I Have a White Rose to Tend” or “Verse XXXIX”]
<Joseph Krol, Literature - World and Miscellaneous&gt; ~18777~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>

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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3516.86100%54%14%

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St. Mark'sBarrington A1010020
Richard MontgomeryKinkaid10101030
Winston Churchill ARockford Auburn A1010020
Stevenson AWinnebago1010020
Cincinnati Hills ChristianStevenson B010010
PlymouthTroy1010020
University LabDetroit Catholic Central A10101030
New BrightonWalter Payton010010
Hunter BWashington010010
WaukeeNorman010010
WoodlandWilliam Fremd1010020
Maggie Walker ACanyon Crest1010020
CarbondaleMaggie Walker C010010
Chattahoochee BBarrington B1010020
SolonDallas County1010020
West PointDetroit Catholic Central C010010
BelmontDetroit Country Day10101030
Thomas Jefferson BDunbar1010020
BelvidereElkhorn North010010
HeightsChoate Rosemary Hall10101030
Hinsdale CentralThomas Jefferson D1010020
Thomas Jefferson AHunter A1010020
Innovation Academy ALincoln-Way East1010020
Irvington AChattahoochee A1010020
Johns Creek AMira Loma010010
Winston Churchill BJohns Creek B010010
Lake HighlandSaint Joseph010010
Hoover BMaggie Walker B1010020
Rockford Auburn BMercer County010010
MexicoThomas Jefferson C1010020
Carl SandburgMidtown010010
MoberlyJohn Adams B010010
Innovation Academy BNorris010010
Parkway WestNorthmont A010010
Detroit Catholic Central BNorthmont B0101020