sonnets - 2024 ACF Fall at Washington

Question

A poem in this form opens with the line “From that frozen niche the men have put you” and was written for the death of Romelio Ureta. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this poetic form that Pablo Neruda wrote “One Hundred Love” versions of. Petrarch and Shakespeare often wrote in this 14-line poetic form.

ANSWER: sonnets [accept Sonnets of Death or Sonetos de la Muerte; accept One Hundred Love Sonnets or Cien sonetos de amor]

[10h] Sonnets of Death was written by this only female member of the Great Four of Chilean Poetry. This author of “Decalogue of the Artist” became the first Latin American winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

ANSWER: Gabriela Mistral [or Lucial Godoy Alcayaga]

[10m] Mistral wrote the collection Tala after the death of one of these figures. The statement “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” is included in a Langston Hughes poem titled for one of these figures.

ANSWER: mothers [or moms; accept “Mother to Son”; prompt on parents or family members]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	8	16.25	100%	38%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	8	16.25	100%	25%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	63%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	13.00	100%	30%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%

Data


Alberta	UBC A	10	0	10
UBC B	UW Lust	10	0	10
UW Greed	UW Chastity	10	0	10
UW Envy	Boise State	10	0	10
UW Wrath	UW Gluttony	10	10	20
UW Sloth	UW Pride	10	0	10