Question

A poem addressed to a performer of this action ends by asking, “has not the drawing / endured, the dark line your eyebrows traced / swiftly in the texture of their own turning?” In another poem, a performer of this action is said to have “stood / suddenly, as if youth were cast in bronze; / sorrowing, listening.” Per William Gass’ translation, one poem (15[1])declares that a performer of this action (15[1])is “just a bourgeois in costume” and “enters his (15[1])house by the kitchen door.” In another poem, a performer of this action is said to have (*) “naked arms” that “alertly strike, / clattering like fearful rattlesnakes.” The fifteenth Sonnet to Orpheus twice repeats a command to “[this action] the orange.” Another poem begins by comparing a performer of this action to a match that “bursts in flame (10[1])and to all sides / licks its quivering tongues.” For 10 points, a Rainer Maria Rilke poem is titled for a “Spanish” (10[1])performer (10[2])of what (10[1])action? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: dance [or word forms; accept Tanz or word forms; accept “The Spanish Dancer” or “Spanische Tänzerin”] (The poems clued in the first three lines are, respectively, Sonnets to Orpheus II.18, Sonnets to Orpheus I.25, and Duino Elegy IV. For “The Spanish Dancer” and the Sonnets to Orpheus I have used MacIntyre’s translations, which perhaps are not the best available, but at least are very literal.)
<Arya Karthik, European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Tooremembrance of lost time6315
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club7015
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!7915
Eric Bobrowwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?13710
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Evans Hall destruction awaiters15910
Taylor HarveySaint Peter Andre 3000BHSU16010
Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubThe Canadians16010
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleI would prefer not to16210
William GoldenRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillQuasicrystal Silence16410

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%33%0%128.22