<p>I have to admit that I didn't study at all for this test. I did a few online questions and that was it, on the premise that you can't study for a test about interpretation, with the exception of some vocab.</p>
<p>Couple questions that got me were the ones relating to types of poetry, and the one about a woman's husband. My CR score was 760 but I am deeply concerned about this. I had heard it was difficult beforehand. </p>
<p>How did everyone do?</p>
<p>I think I did poorly. I’m canceling my score.</p>
<p>The kicker is that I’ve gotten 800s on the last two CR sections of the SAT.</p>
<p>What did people get for the first poem regarding sonnet type? Loosely rhymed or Italian sonnet?</p>
<p>I said pastoral elegy because I completely blanked on sonnets…which is about life and death. Which passage was the question on?</p>
<p>What really sucks is this test is so open to interpretation. Like Cassat said, he aced the CR sections and did poorly on this. I feel the same way. There has to be some sort of curve though.</p>
<p>What about the poem regarding the Piano War?</p>
<p>^I think it was loosely rhymed sonnet, because its 14 lines, but does not have the rhyme scheme of the italian sonnet.</p>
<p>I’m not sure for the piano one… can someone post the options given again?</p>
<p>Was it predestined restlessness or lack of wisdom? I thought that the last line indicated the former.</p>
<p>by loosely rhymed, you mean “inexact rhymes” right?</p>
<p>And I thought piano war was pretty good generally. It was the yellow wallpaper (that was it, no?) passage and the “man” poem that I found more difficult. What was the romantic felicity? And the meaning of the line right after that.</p>
<p>I said predestined restlessness</p>
<p>I put predistined restlessness, but that was my gut feeling, because i was running low on time (btw did any of you guys get time to spare?? cause i had to skip 3-4 questions)</p>
<p>And yeah, it was for sure a sonnet (14 lines), but it didnt have the ABBA rhyme scheme a Petrachian sonnet is supposed to have (thus you can eliminate it).</p>
<p>I interpreted it like this
“Romantic felicity= Scenario right out of a romance novel” and i answered the questions based on that</p>
<p>I also found The Man poem the most difficult so I saved it for last. I said predestined restlessness and inexact sonnet. I knew it was one of the sonnets; it was 14 lines.</p>
<p>Anyone get the question on tone? I remember something with passion?</p>
<p>Did “mean” mean “humble” in context? I guessed “meaningful” but I think that is wrong. Hopefully it was the only one though…</p>
<p>What was the meaning of the line about fate? Something about a conflict?</p>
<p>I guessed on mean, too. I put “meaningful” but I’m unsure about that one.</p>
<p>Mean is humble, almost positive about that</p>
<p>How many questions were there?</p>
<p>60 (10char)</p>
<p>For mean, i simply put cruel, because that was the only real definition of mean as an adjective available. Check for yourself.</p>
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<p>I remember reasoning the author is envious of the simplicity of nature, thus the birds are cruel examples of things that contrast with man’s restlessness</p>
<p>TianboZ, definitely not cruel. The word cannot be taken literally; I put humble but eh it could be meaningful</p>