In a poem whose title mentions this artist, the speaker permutes words in lines like “Would he like it if Napoleon” and “At first exactly,” and ends by claiming that “History teaches.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this artist. Another poem focused on a work by this artist talks about “the great capital letter of Being” and begins by asking, “But who are they, tell me, these Travellers…?”
ANSWER: Pablo Picasso [or Pablo Ruiz Picasso] (The poem in the lead-in is by Gertrude Stein.)
[10m] A poem addressing Picasso’s Famille des Saltimbanques (“fa-MEE day sall-tam-BONK”) appears in this collection. The first poem in this collection claims that “beauty is nothing but / the beginning of terror.”
ANSWER: Duino Elegies [or Duineser Elegien] (The first poem is the 5th Elegy.)
[10e] This German author asked “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angelic Orders?” in his Duino Elegies.
ANSWER: Rainer Maria Rilke
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