October 2011 Literature Post Test Discussion

ZuVieleFragen
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:23:57 +0000

I really don’t think that mentioning “God” would be a classical allusion. Perhaps if the poem had said “the Gods”…

I felt like a lot of these questions were kind of ridiculous Easier than the practice tests I took, but too many of them were subjective.

Did any of you feel that the narrator in the last poem was approving in regards to the street mischief, or was he objective? He stated that one’s body is their own, and one can do with it what one so desires. So is he necessarily advocating that one of youth SHOULD in fact engage in such mischief because there would not be the opportunity for it in old age? Or was he being objective, and saying that one should if one wishes?

This poem is rather subjective What is not related to age in the poem? Commitment? Also, does the poem relate more to “live every day to the fullest” or “youth is wasted on the young”?

Ah! I thought I was doing so well until that last poem…
(although the Sophia one was difficult as well)