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GCSE: Pre-1914
- Category:
- Comparisons
(173 essays) - Andrew Marvell
(190 essays) - Byron (9 essays)
- Geoffrey Chaucer
(275 essays) - John Keats
(116 essays) - Other Poets
(36 essays) - Percy Shelley
(2 essays) - Robert Browning
(176 essays) - Shakespeare's Sonnets
(61 essays) - Thomas Hardy
(336 essays) - William Blake
(346 essays) - William Wordsworth
(60 essays) - Love Poetry
(771 essays) - War Poetry
(188 essays)
2,739 GCSE Pre-1914 essays
- Marked by Teachers essays 13
- Peer Reviewed essays 2
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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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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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I am contrasting the poems, "My Last Duchess" and "On the Departure Platform". Both poems, although are written in very much contrasting styles, share a central theme of loss and separation of a women
3 star(s)This essay shows a knowledge of both texts and an engagement with poetry techniques. The writer should learn to embed quotes more effectively and address the question with more focus…
- Essay length: 1326 words
- Submitted: 18/08/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
28/04/2012
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I think that although the 'First Love' and 'When We Two Parted' are different due to the fact that one focuses on love and the other on loss. The difference in language of the two poems is tied up with the theme
3 star(s)This essay shows a good knowledge of both poems as well as a knowledge of poetic devices and techniques, but the writer becomes increasingly repetitive and should aim to include…
- Essay length: 1938 words
- Submitted: 24/04/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
02/05/2002
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Comparing and contrasting
3 star(s)The writer achieves some interesting comparisons between the poems, but this essay could afford to analyse areas of both texts in more detail, including more quotations and commenting further on…
- Essay length: 914 words
- Submitted: 14/02/2006
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Marked by teacher:
Karen Reader
02/05/2012
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