SAT II Lit: poem analysis help

Luminouzz
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:23:49 +0000

This one is definitely a little ambiguous and tricky.

However, the speaker makes a reference to someone who he does not know yet. Thus, he cannot possibly love her specifically (the love is not yet crystallized, he merely imagines a possibility with someone out there).

Thus, the star can not be seeking his love, because he doesn’t have a definitive love yet. This is my reasoning for it, anyway.

Edit: Also, the poem only strongly implies that the speaker is talking about a future love. It never uses the word love itself. This is the thing I’ve found for lit tests. Always go for the safe answer, and don’t over imply, even if it’s strongly there.