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GCSE: Poetry
In each GCSE English literature essay you need to write about the poem.s key theme, structure, language and literary features.
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5,508 GCSE Poetry essays
- Marked by Teachers essays 22
- Peer Reviewed essays 51
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Compare and contrast how the writers of "My Last Duchess" and "Remember" portray different views of love
5 star(s)This is a well informed, intelligent essay, which gives a strong insight into both poems and makes some interesting comparisons and contrasts between them. *****…
- Essay length: 1509 words
- Submitted: 17/10/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
28/04/2012
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Using a selection of pre-twentieth century verse, compare and contrast the ways in which different poets approach the themes of love and loss.
4 star(s)This is a very articulate, comparative essay, which provides interesting parallels and contrasts between the poems. With more attention to quotation and closer observation of poetic techniques, it would have…
- Essay length: 1245 words
- Submitted: 27/02/2007
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
25/04/2012
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Compare and contrast the attitudes of John Donne and Robert Browning towards love in The Apparition and Porphyria's Lover
4 star(s)This is a very good essay, showing an excellent understanding of both texts as well as a strong knowledge of poetry techniques. With more comparison/contrast between the poems, this would…
- Essay length: 1434 words
- Submitted: 17/10/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
25/04/2012
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Comparison Of Love Poetry:Remember by Christina Rossetti, How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and When We Two Parted by Lord Byron
4 star(s)This is a perceptive comparison between the poems which shows a knowledge of poetic techniques and the contexts in which writers were writing. With more frequent, embedded quotations, the writer…
- Essay length: 1519 words
- Submitted: 05/04/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
08/04/2112
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The poet Robert Browning of 'Porphyria's Lover' and the writer of 'First Love', John Clare, both delve into the complexity of love in many ways, some similar and others contrasting.
4 star(s)The writer makes many illuminating comparisons and contrasts between these texts, using apt quotations and accurate terminology to support the ideas. With better paragraphing, this would be a top standard…
- Essay length: 1758 words
- Submitted: 14/02/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
08/05/2012
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With close reference to the two poems which you have studied, show how the poets have approached the theme of romantic love.
4 star(s)A well articulated essay demonstrating excellent knowledge and understanding of the poems. A clearly structured analysis is consistently employed (Point, Evidence, Analysis) and some interesting and relevant contextual references are…
- Essay length: 2495 words
- Submitted: 10/11/2004
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Marked by teacher:
Lucy Snell
18/03/2012
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Comparing "The Sentry" and "Dulce et Decorum Est".
3 star(s)Generally, this is a sound essay. The student has demonstrated good knowledge of the poems. The student has selected appropriate quotes to support the points made. The points…
- Essay length: 818 words
- Submitted: 05/06/2012
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Marked by teacher:
Melissa Thompson
30/12/1999
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Base Details is a war poem written by Siegfried Sassoon in 1918. The year of 1918 was a crucial one in the First World War, and Base Details seeks to explore some of the bitterness and cruelty
3 star(s)This essay explores language at word level well and shows a good understanding of the choice of words by Sassoon and how these words were created to successfully illustrate the…
- Essay length: 698 words
- Submitted: 08/10/2009
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Marked by teacher:
Laura Gater
10/12/1999
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Explore how R.Browning's use of the Dramatic Monologue, helps to shape our understanding of the narrators in 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess. Which narrator do you find the more disturbing and why?
3 star(s)This is a perceptive essay which works best when it quotes directly from the texts and uses technical terminology accurately. With better spelling and expression, it would have achieved a…
- Essay length: 1008 words
- Submitted: 21/09/2007
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
25/04/2012
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Write about the similarities and differences in style and content in Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' andWilfred Owen's 'Anthem For Doomed Youth'
3 star(s)The writer demonstrates genuine interest in the two poems and there is some insightful analysis. The poems are compared well throughout. However, there is not enough focus on the question…
- Essay length: 2106 words
- Submitted: 17/10/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Lucy Foss/Snell
13/02/2012
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