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GCSE: Pre and Post 1914 Comparison

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    Poem comparison showing relationship between parents and child

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    This question asks candidates to compare four poems from the AQA Anthology, and the prescribed selection is to select one Seamus Heaney poem, one Gillian Clarke poem, and two poems…

    • Essay length: 1886 words
    • Submitted: 12/04/2011
    • Reviewed by: (?) sydneyhopcroft 19/02/2012
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    How does Ben Jonson use language and structure to convey the message of the poem "On my first Sonne"?

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    This question asks it's candidates to develop a response about the effect of Ben Jonson's poem 'On My First Sonne'. The candidate thoroughly analyses this essay, with hardly anything left…

    • Essay length: 1132 words
    • Submitted: 17/02/2004
    • Reviewed by: (?) sydneyhopcroft 21/02/2012

  3. Compare and contrast how the poets have presented their speakers in 'My Last Duchess' and 'Salome'

    • Essay length: 1668 words
    • Submitted: 10/06/2012

  4. How are feelings towards another person shown in To His Coy Mistress and the poem The Farmers Bride?

    • Essay length: 1060 words
    • Submitted: 07/06/2012

  5. Look at the different ways in which Shakespeare, Duffy and Clarke present relationships in 'Valentine' 'I wanna be yours' and 'Sonnet 116'

    • Essay length: 1218 words
    • Submitted: 05/06/2012

  6. How is the theme of parent child relationship explored in the poems "if" "Poem at Thirty Nine", "Once Upon a Time" and three other poems?

    • Essay length: 2344 words
    • Submitted: 25/05/2012

  7. Compare the ways that a range of poems explore social issues. Falling leaves, belfast confetti, ruined maid

    • Essay length: 1187 words
    • Submitted: 22/05/2012

  8. Compare and contrast how gender roles are represented in a variety of love poems.

    • Essay length: 5005 words
    • Submitted: 05/05/2012

  9. Compare the effectiveness of the ending of Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare with the effectiveness of the endings of one poem by Simon Armitage, one poem by Carol Ann Duffy and one other poem from the Pre-1914 Poetry Bank. (36

    • Essay length: 739 words
    • Submitted: 30/04/2012

  10. Compare the use of the absent presence in Havisham, My Last Duchess, Hitcher, and Kid.

    • Essay length: 983 words
    • Submitted: 11/04/2012
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  • Compare and contrast the two poems "Cousin Kate" by Christina Rossetti and "The Seduction" by Eileen McAuley

    "In my opinion, 'The Seduction' is the better poem as I feel it is easier for teenagers in this century to relate to, as it is more like these days than the nineteenth century would have been. I think the way it is written in everyday language makes it a lot easier to understand than 'Cousin Kate', because that was written in formal English. The two writers are very different in the way they have each written in a different person. In 'Cousin Kate' the writer has written in the first person, making it somewhat easier to relate to the main character, but in 'The Seduction' the writer has written in the third person, and the poem comes off as more of a short story than a poem, which to me, makes it easier to read."

  • Compare the portrayal of misfortune in The Last Night and Refugee Blues

    "In both pieces, portrayal of misfortune is both subtle yet convincing. In Refugee Blues the repetition of the last line, "Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us" adds emphasis to the conclusion of each stanza, and for each case explaining the misfortune that became the character. It also deliberately jars the flow of the piece and doing so draws attention to those words, in order to emphasise the misfortune of the character. In contrast The Last Night uses no repetition and is remarkable for the flow which it achieves, despite being a prose piece and this is achieved through a remarkable mix of action and description to keep the pace of the piece alive: often in the same sentence. Refugee Blues develops the portrayal of misfortune through the plot of the poem as each stanza the writer's situation gets progressively worse."

  • Compare the viewpoint on war in Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson And Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen

    "Conclusion During the analysis of the two war poems, I have learnt that poetry can highlight on the same topic, but have very different angles and can contrast significantly to one another. This is because of the standpoint of the writers, in this instant their beliefs, experiences or naivety. War is not the glory trip as Tennyson so idealistically made it out to be, it is simply the courage of many men and women who bravely defend and represent the country. The reality of war is horrific for those that take part and can bear many scars, not only in the physical sense. Like many writers who are educated and not a soldier themselves the only glory exists in a false way in their way of manipulating and articulating the image of war to the masses."

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