Packet 3: Tossup 20

A poem in this collection asks “Would not those dead throw their last coins of happiness” to a pair of lovers. (-5[1])A poem in this collection that asks a being to inscribe an urn with the words “Subrisio Saltat” opens with the line “But tell me, (15[1])who are they, these wanderers.” In addition to a poem inspired by Picasso’s Family of Saltimbanques, a poem in this collection describes a “lament for Linos” after stating (*) “Beauty is nothing / but the beginning (-5[1])of terror.” The declaration (10[1])“every angel is terrifying” (10[1])comes after the question “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic / orders” (10[1])in what collection by Rainer Maria Rilke? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary