Question

A place in this poem filled with “spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon” is evoked in a “spiritual” reimagining from the 16th century. A passage of this poem in the wasf (“WUSS-uff”) style compares a woman’s navel to “a (15[1])goblet that wants (15[1])not for wine,” (15[1]-5[1])alluding to oral sex. Lillian Hellman (15[1]-5[1])took the title of The Little Foxes from this poem, (15[2])which (15[1])originated the phrase “ivory tower.” (15[3])A woman (-5[1])in this (15[1])poem addresses the “Daughters of (*) Jerusalem” to exclaim, “I am (10[1])black, but I am lovely.” (10[1])One of this poem’s speakers calls herself a “rose of Sharon” (10[1])and exhorts, (10[1])“let him kiss me (10[2])with the kisses of his (10[1])mouth.” (10[1])This poem, which notably never mentions God, (10[3])is framed as a conversation (10[2]-5[1])between a Shulamite and her lover. (10[1])For 10 points, name this erotic biblical poem (10[1])sometimes (10[1])named (10[2])for a wise (10[1])king. (10[3])■END■ (10[12]0[2])

ANSWER: Song of Songs [or Canticle of Canticles; or Song of Solomon; or Shir ha-Shirim] (The first sentence references Spiritual Canticle by John of the Cross.)
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