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AS and A Level: Poetry

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What's the best way to understand the poetry in A level English literature?

Blow up each poem and analyse the themes, linguistic features, audience, purpose, use of language to create atmosphere, context & societal links.

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2,743 AS and A Level Poetry essays

Marked by Teachers essays 28
Peer Reviewed essays 21

Journeying in Hardy's "At Castle Boterel"

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An excellent essay, which demonstrates understanding of how poetic technique and subject matter are intricately linked and used to craft and create meaning. The writer understands and can explain the…
- Essay length: 1537 words
- Submitted: 03/11/2009
- Marked by teacher: Val Shore 21/03/2012
Larkin is often portrayed as being obsessed by death, but High Windows is as much about life as it is about death. How true do you find this statement?

5 star(s)

This is, in many ways, a very good essay that responds sensitively to Larkin's poetry. Its problem is that it never really engages directly with the question, making a…
- Essay length: 1393 words
- Submitted: 03/03/2008
- Marked by teacher: Tony Scola 04/04/2012
The idea of the experiment is to determine which equation is correct. There are 2 equations of CuCo3 and I have to find out which gases are given off when CuCo3 is given off.

5 star(s)

There is a lot of information in this assignment. It sometimes could do with organising and subtitling to lead the reader through the different sections, but it's a good and…
- Essay length: 1517 words
- Submitted: 18/11/2003
- Marked by teacher: Lindsay Taverner 02/05/2112
Using 'Ode on Melancholy' and one other, examine how Keats uses language to explore his muses

4 star(s)

This is a very knowledgeable, perceptive commentary, which refers frequently and accurately to both poems. It might have been interesting to have compared them more directly and address the importance…
- Essay length: 1194 words
- Submitted: 03/02/2005
- Marked by teacher: Val Shore 30/11/1999
- Reviewed by: lordharvey 03/07/2012
Explain how the poets of Happy is England Now in the anthology Up the Line to Death present World War I

4 star(s)

This is a thoughtful, well-structured essay, demonstrating genuine interest in the poems and World War One. Contextual knowledge is evident and usually used effectively, and there is some pertinent poetic…
- Essay length: 2201 words
- Submitted: 06/01/2012
- Marked by teacher: Lucy Foss/Snell 05/02/2012
"A shockingly cynical picture". In the light of this comment, discuss the Wife of Bath's account of her marriages to her first three husbands. In your response, you should consider:

4 star(s)

The strengths of this essay lie in its clarity of structure and expression, its effective use of relevant, brief and well-integrated quotation and its persuasive tone.
The essay could be…
- Essay length: 909 words
- Submitted: 12/07/2009
- Marked by teacher: Val Shore 23/02/2012
Analyse the poem "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath

4 star(s)

This essay has two great strengths. Firstly it traces the development of the poem without ignoring the difficult parts. Secondly it takes an appropriately tentative approach to discussing dense and…
- Essay length: 1943 words
- Submitted: 25/02/2009
- Marked by teacher: Val Shore 15/03/2012
Sylvia Plath,

4 star(s)

Good features of this essay are its sensitive awareness of mood and how metaphor is used to create it, and how various poetic devices are employed to achieve effects.
However,…
- Essay length: 1715 words
- Submitted: 14/03/2007
- Marked by teacher: Val Shore 30/11/1999
To what extent does the Pardoner manipulate his audience?

4 star(s)

This essay is impressive for its thoughtfulness and engagement with the topic. It could be further improved by more textual detail, and by giving thought to technique as well as…
- Essay length: 1056 words
- Submitted: 04/11/2004
- Marked by teacher: Val Shore 23/02/2012
A critical appreciation of 'to my mother' by George Baker.

4 star(s)

This is a very strong essay with some excellent analysis of language and writer's purpose. There is good support used from the text and a breadth of points are covered.…
- Essay length: 1262 words
- Submitted: 26/10/2004
- Marked by teacher: Laura Gater 22/12/1999