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This poet is invaded by night “with her powerful army” in a poem that recalls being armed for the “hour of revenge.” A poem by this author asks a “brother” in the “bedrock depths” to “rise up in birth with me.” (10[7])The memory of a (10[2])“deserted one” (10[1])is likened (10[1])to the sea (10[1])at the end of a numeralled collection by this poet (10[1])that opens with “Body of a Woman.” (10[5])This (10[1])poet (10[5])climbs (10[3])the title (10[2])“Heights” (10[2])of a ruined (10[1])city (10[3])in a poem (10[5])from (10[2])a (10[1])fifteen-canto (10[2]-5[1])epic (10[1])chronicling (-5[2])the New World. (-5[1])This poet grieves a former lover in the last romantic poem of a collection, (10[1])which opens by declaring (10[1])“tonight I can (10[1])write (10[6])the (10[4])saddest (10[7])lines.” (10[6]-5[1])For 10 points, Twenty Love (10[1])Poems (10[1])and a Song of Despair (10[3]-5[3])is by what Chilean (10[1])poet? (10[3])■END■ (10[18]0[10])

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