<p>You guys got that the poet and Mr Oldham were both satirists, right?</p>
<p>Also, the word in question describing the wind was malicious, not malevolent. I guess those two are pretty much synonymous, but malicious has more negative connotation. I did notice the wind was characterized as ‘mocking’ and ‘savage’, but I thought ‘fierce’ was equivalent to ‘strong’ so I chose ‘malicious’ as the answer.</p>
<p>No, the word in question was definitely malevolent. 100% sure of it.</p>
<p>And there were 60 questions on this test.</p>
<p>Er…it was malicious…but I guess there’s no point in arguing over it</p>
<p>Funny how you’re the only person on the entire board who’s said malicious.</p>
<p>No, it was malicious. I remember it now because it sounded a little harsh and I wasn’t sure whether to pick it or not.</p>
<p>i agree im nearly 100% sure it was malicious i just didnt say anything. @skylimits, what were the other choices for that question?</p>
<p>The choices were, in order:
Malicious
Swift
Strong
Undisciplined
Whimsical</p>
<p>Tbh I thought all of them fit with the poet’s characterization of the wind.</p>
<p>I meant the question which compared the two poets. </p>
<p>And yea, that question was tough, i think i said undisciplined but that may have been one i omitted in the final stretch. My thinking was an ‘artificer’ would show discipline in its work, but then again undisciplined is this context was basically the same thing as whimsical. idk</p>
<p>Oh, I just remember there was something about them both being ‘interested in lyrical verse’ and the other one was that they ‘both wrote satirical poetry.’ They were both satirical poets, no?</p>
<p>i didn’t see anything that made me feel like his poem was satirical. I mean it was a eulogy. i easily could’ve missed something, though, i had to re-read that passage 3 times to somewhat understand it.</p>
<p>Yeah, but the question was asking what one could infer about the dead poet (Oldham) and the speaker. The poem itself wasn’t satire, but the speaker was alluding to Oldham’s satirical/poetic skills.</p>
<p>i dont think i saw anything to lead me to believe that Oldham used satire, but id have to see the passage and the other choices again</p>
<p>Btw if you want the poem, it’s ‘To the Memory of Mr Oldham’ by John Dryden, and the Mr Oldham is John Oldham.</p>
<p>oh, looks like you are right. Maybe i did choose that if the answer said they were both poets. i just don’'t remember satirical being in the answer.</p>
<p>Oldham was def a satirist. Halfway through the poem there was a line that said that satirists didn’t need technical skills.</p>
<p>Hey, do we have all 60 yet?</p>
<p>I know we were pretty close but I’m just wondering.</p>
<p>Oh, and how many wrong can I get and still get a 770 or a 780?</p>
<p>miaage, can you post the line that mentions satire in the poem? Here is a link to the poem: [To</a> the Memory of Mr. Oldham, by John Dryden](<a href=“http://www.poetry-archive.com/d/to_the_memory_of_mr_oldham.html]To”>To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, by John Dryden)</p>
<p>What did you guys put for the reason for writing “(what nature never gives the young)”?</p>
<p>I said that the “(what nature never gives the young)” was extenuating description or something like that.</p>