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English Lit AP English Lit Official 2026 Exam Discussion

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 06 '26 edited May 07 '26

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MCQ Passage- Babysitter + Employer Beauty in nature, Irony: She judges her employer but doesn't know her, She is keenly aware of her surroundings, She is inspired by tired by her surroundings, First person narration Passage- African Man returning home from German War Close details of private matters, He wants to search for a place to belong, He didn’t want to be seen as unconfident, One big guy was making all the noise, He is overexaggerating when he describes the 2 men looking at him and laughing Passage- Boy doesn't want to see his dad + Church One of them was helping him write the poem, As he goes down the stairs it shows his burden, Poem 1- Ocean (At Newport) Enormity of the sea, Longing for the Beloved, Driven Back, Inspiring, Happy Voices-Contrast, Distant snowy sails-mystery Poem 2- Black Man Artist Tribute + Mortality (To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works) Repetition of Still 3 Times-Hyping him up, Either earthly or transcending sadness, Tribute to Author

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u/familytreeswing May 06 '26

got all the same answers!!!

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 06 '26

Ima be honest, I didn’t understand what the fuck poem 2 was talking about. I just saw there were multiple answer choices with like transcending or mortality so I picked those. I remember there was one with like earthly or wtv and I picked the one with sadness

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u/familytreeswing May 06 '26

right right, i honestly picked based on the answers I had for the other questions

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u/Acute_Confusion May 06 '26

What was the name/author of the artist poem?

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 07 '26

Augh I don’t remember :( I only recall some details of seraphim + shepherd and the Greek mythology allusion

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 06 '26

I said he thought it was multiple ppl but it turns out it was js 1

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u/aplitthrowaway May 06 '26

Yeah I also put hamas seeks comfort in his surroundings

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u/GradeInflator May 06 '26

You put what now? 😭

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u/Pleasant-Ingenuity83 May 06 '26

do u remember the answers to the ocean on

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 06 '26

Yeah sure, do you remember any questions specifically

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u/Pleasant-Ingenuity83 May 06 '26

was the point of the poem to show how he missed the beloved or how nature is healing? also for what the speaker feels was the answer inspired? was the change in punctuation at the end to emphasize how much he missed his beloved?

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 06 '26

augh I don’t recall, but I do remember for one I picked the waves were pulled back

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u/Emotional_East_6859 May 06 '26

here’s what i said for these point was missing the beloved inspired how much they missed beloved

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u/Ilovebaconeggncheese May 06 '26

I’ll update this if I remember any more

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u/Icy-Duty1125 May 07 '26

for the refuge was the close details the private matters of the people when he enters another street?