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”]
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