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A poem titled for these objects likely borrowed from a Kóstas Ouránis line about an “autumn afternoon,” according to a Donald Justice note in his “Variations on a Text by” that poem’s author. A Jean de Ruysbroeck epigraph prefaces a prose poem titled for an object of this kind, which opens, “the bad light is near and nothing is real.” The speaker of a poem titled for these objects is beaten with a club and rope while observed by “Thursday days” (15[1])and “humerus bones.” A medieval practice involving one of these objects titles an (*) Alejandra (10[1])Pizarnik collection. (10[1])Black and white examples of these objects title a César Vallejo poem that predicts “I will die in Paris with a rainstorm.” A poem titled for an object of this kind describes a river that “advances and retreats, goes roundabout, / arriving forever.” For 10 points, an Octavio Paz poem is titled for the “Sun” variety of what object? ■END■

ANSWER: stones [or piedras; accept Extracting the Stone of Madness or Extracción de la piedra de locura; accept “Black Stone on a White Stone” or “Black Stone Lying on a White Stone” or “Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca”; accept “Sunstone” or “Piedra del sol”]
<Literature - World Literature - Poetry>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsThompson et al.8015
Evan TingAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire9410
Kevin WangCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!UBC9610

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2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%0%0%103.33
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%33%0%90.00