The speaker states, “Destiny is your friend” in a work in this genre that notes, “We are the miracles that God made / To taste the bitter fruit of Time.” A work in this genre notes, “An anthem’s sentiment upholds the myth” after asking an author, “Are you grapevine wired?” This genre, which partly titles an “African” work by Ben Okri, was used for a work that addresses “POLITICIANS,” “THE EAGLES,” and “THE ROBBERS” in (*) all caps. The instruction “(with drum accompaniment)” opens a Christopher Okigbo poem in this genre during the Nigerian Civil War titled for Alto. A poem in this genre asks, “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angelic Orders?” For 10 points, give this genre of Rainer Maria Rilke poems titled for Duino Castle. ■END■
ANSWER: elegy [or “Elegy For Alto”; or “Elegy for the Nation”; or “An African Elegy”; or Duino Elegies; prompt on poems] (the first two poems are by Ben Okri and Wole Soyinka respectively)
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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