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The Author
MIX
100
What is the author comparing the smile of the brown and agile child to?
Water
100
What is entangled in the twigs of the black mane when the child holds out his arms?
The black and anguished sun
100
When the author states, "Everything pulls me away here in the noon...", what is the word "noon" a metaphor of?
Adulthood (early adulthood, maturity, etc.)
100
What is the last letter of the author's first name and what is the last letter of the author's last name?
O ; A (Respectively)
100
the ________of the wave, the power of the _________. FILL IN THE BLANK
drunkedness ; wheat (Respectively)
200
What color does the author describe the sun?
Black (NOT BROWN)
200
What does the the brown and agile child play in? (Note: NOT THE SUN)
A Tidal River
200
What does the word agile mean? (NO USE OF RESOURCES)
Agile- able to move quickly and easily (Definition by Google)
200
What did the author wanted to portray through this poem?
The freedom of youthfulness (NOTE: THIS ANSWER CAN BE CHANGED BY MR. AVEGNO AS HE SEEMS TO INTERPRET THE POEM)
200
What was "Dusky butterfly, sweet and sure" a metaphor of?
The title or the brown and agile child
300
Which word does the author use as synonym to the word "hair"?
Mane
300
What was the last question?
Answers may vary; decided by judge if correct or incorrect. (OR IF THIS WAS THE FIRST QUESTION, THE SCORE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN TO THE GROUP (YOU GOT LUCKY))
300
What is the meaning of the word "Dusky"?
Darkish in color (BROWN OR BLACK)
300
What's the author's full name?
Pablo Neruda
300
Which line in stanza 3 can you state is contradictory to the poem? (DUE TO THIS DIFFICULT QUESTION-MULTIPLE CHOICE IS PROVIDED FOR YOU) A. "You are the delirious youth of bee" B. "The drunkedness of the wave, the power of the wheat" C. "Brown and Agile child, nothing draws me to you"
C. "Brown and Agile child, nothing draws me to you"
400
What is left in the eyes of the brown and agile child when he plays in the sun as in a tidal river?
Two dark pools
400
What was the name of this category?
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400
What line did we interpret to be the metaphor of the title of the poem? (HINT: IN THE LAST STANZA)
Dusky butterfly, sweet and sure
400
Pablo Neruda is poet number _ in the top 500 poets of all time, according to Poem Hunter, Inc. FILL IN THE BLANK.
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400
What is the meaning when the author states: "A black and anguished sun is entangled in the twigs of your black mane as you hold out your arms"?
The sun is damaging his hair. (VARIED ANSWERS ARE TO BE JUDGED BY WAHHAJ)
500
Which word is spelled incorrectly in the poem?
Wheat field (Spelled Wheatfiled) <--------Possibly due to a historical reason
500
What is the poem written on?
Paper (BY FAR THE MOST LUCKIEST (OR STUPIDEST) QUESTION IN THIS WHOLE GAME)
500
Whose heart seeks the brown and agile child always?
The speaker's somber heart
500
What inspired Pablo Neruda to write his poems? (NOTE ANSWERS MAY VARY)
Childhood, family, nature, etc.
500
THE REAL MEANING OF THE POEM: What does the speaker admires most about the child besides his happy body and physical features?
His youthfulness/childhood/ability to move freely.
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