<p>thread for question pool</p>
<p>Was I the only one who thought it was ridiculously hard?</p>
<p>I didn’t know what to expect…it was a last-minute decision to take it. Hopefully I don’t regret it. I found two of the pieces: </p>
<p>[Still</a> Citizen Sparrow by Richard Wilbur |](<a href=“http://neoenglish.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/12/02/still-citizen-sparrow-by-richard-wilbur/]Still”>http://neoenglish.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/12/02/still-citizen-sparrow-by-richard-wilbur/)
[Studying</a> English Literature: Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney?s Loving in Truth (Sonnet No. 1 from Astrophil and Stella)](<a href=“http://freehelpstoenglishliterature.blogspot.com/2007/11/on-sir-philip-sidneys-loving-in-truth.html]Studying”>Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney’s Loving in Truth (Sonnet No. 1 from Astrophil and Stella))</p>
<p>For the one on citizen sparrow it said stanza 4 uses which of the following:
I don’t remember all the choices but along the lines of…
alliteration and assonance, epic simile, allegory…etc…
What was the answer for it if you remember?</p>
<p>I think people in California have to finish test before we can post. I will post then.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it was the alliteration and assonance one (eg dismal and deep, weary it was on the waters where) but that could be wrong. Did anybody else find that each passage at one or two impossible questions?</p>
<p>In the piece about the guy who had a thing for trees, did he lose his piece of mind or…? Anyone else remember that question?</p>
<p>I put peace of mind. And alliteration and assonance although I couldn’t remember what assonance was.</p>
<p>I also said he lost his piece of mind - and I said it was alliteration and assonance.</p>
<p>for the tree one, did you guys say that he an a life altering change or something like that?</p>
<p>It was the second question from that passage.</p>
<p>i put: Assonance and alliteration
peace of mind
life changed forever</p>
<p>was it compassion or adoration for the poem about the muse?
and what did the line about the “great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes” ???</p>
<p>^I think I put adoration. That one was definitely difficult. What did you put?</p>
<p>I think I put a creative impasse or something like that but I was really iffy on it.</p>
<p>Alright, I honestly thought the poetry was ridiculously difficult. The third one didn’t even make any sense to me, and when I printed it out and showed it to my dad (English major) he couldn’t even decipher it (Stand, citizen sparrow). Looking at online analyses now and it still seems pretty subjective, and it seems to be debated whether or not the allusion to Noah is just an allusion or whether it means the theme of the poem is religious in nature. What the ****?!</p>
<p>The other ones weren’t as outrageous, but were still pretty difficult. I ran out of time, left about 6 blank and was thoroughly uncertain about 20-30 of my answers. I’m in AP English and never considered myself bad at prose/poetry analysis- I thought this was a little over the top. I’m expecting a score in the 500s.</p>
<p>^I also left 6-7 blank, and I think I got about 15 wrong. SMDH. That was one of the hardest tests I’ve ever taken. This curve should be like -10 = 780 lol. Crazy.</p>
<p>I put adoration</p>
<p>I was between creative impasse and something else…I think naive timidity. Tbh I don’t remember which one I put :/</p>
<p>Is anyone considering canceling?</p>
<p>I’d cancel if I didn’t take USH in the same day, and I’m feeling okay about that one, so I don’t want to have to retake them both. IIRC, the curves don’t vary too much, but it seems like everyone online seems to agree that last one was ridiculous. If you ask me, all the poems were hard. This was the first time I even looked at an SAT lit practice test and if I can get away with it, I’m just not going to take another one lol</p>
<p>I thought that the assonance and alliteration one was was allusion and allegory (allusion to Noah’s Ark and the whole thing was an allegory), but I can see how alliteration/assonance works. Guess I missed that one :(</p>
<p>I thought the hardest poem was that one with the blue and white bowl. I can’t even remember the questions since it fried my brain so badly. And was the poem by the woman accusing husbands about adultery?</p>
<p>Also, Does anybody know how many you could generally get wrong to get a 500+ 600+ 700+ etc?</p>
<p>I thought that the assonance and alliteration one was was allusion and allegory (allusion to Noah’s Ark and the whole thing was an allegory), but I can see how alliteration/assonance works. Guess I missed that one :(</p>
<p>Besides that, I don’t really remember much else. I thought that the hardest poem was that one with the blue and white bowl. I can’t even remember the questions since it fried my brain so badly. And was the poem by the woman accusing husbands about adultery?</p>
<p>Also, does anybody know how many you could generally get wrong to get a 500+ 600+ 700+ etc</p>
<p>EDIT: Sorry for posting twice. This is my first time doing this from my phone and I’m having some technical difficulties</p>