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Daddy, an Uncommon card
"Daddy" is a poem written by American confessional poet Sylvia Plath.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Daddy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Daddy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has subsequently become a widely ______ poem in American literature.
Answer
anthologized. It has subsequently become a widely anthologized poem in American literature. From the Daddy article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The poem was composed on October 12, ____, one month after her separation from Ted Hughes and four months before her death.
Answer
1960s. The poem was composed on October 12, 1962, one month after her separation from Ted Hughes and four months before her death. From the Daddy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Vaivasvata Manu. Vaivasvata Manu 54,000 · Daddy 36,000 · Roman square capitals 21,000 · Beatrice Pitney Lamb 15,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The poem was composed on October 12, 1962, one month after her separation from Ted Hughes and four months before her death.
- It was published posthumously in Ariel during 1965 alongside many other of her final poems, such as "Tulips" and "Lady Lazarus".
- It has subsequently become a widely anthologized poem in American literature.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Daddy article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Daddy
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Daddy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Giovanni Giovannetti/Grazia Neri, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
