POETRY EXAM - Section A

This exam is in TWO sections.

Section A is on poems which you are allowed to read in advance

Section B is on an unseen poem.


Section A

You will be give a CHOICE of two questions. Do not answer them both. These questions will always ask you two talk about one of the poems from a particular cluster. Most of you have not read these poems yet, but this does not mean that you can't answer the question. On this blog, I will give you some basic notes on a selection of these poems.

In this section, you just need to look at the poem which is named in the question, and compare it to another one in the same cluster.

The questions will ask you about a particular subject such as:

RELATIONSHIPS
FEELINGS
CONFLICT
ANGER
EMOTIONS

or something like that.

USE THESE QUESTIONS TO REVISE

All you need to do is read both poems and talk about how they show that particular theme.

So look for the following kinds of things:

Do both poems use really interesting vocabulary?
Do both poems use Similes and metaphors?
Do both poems say things which make you feel happy/ sad?
Do both poems use small/short sentences or lines to show stress or anger?
Do both poems talk about the senses a lot?
Do both poems repeat certain words or phrases?
Do both poems look unusual or have a strange rhyme scheme? (remember, if a poem has an unusual structure, it usually means there is something going on in the poem which is unusual. If a poem has a very normal structure or rhyme, it usually means that everything which is going on in the poem is normal too.)

(you can use these comparisons more than once)

Once you have highlighted about 4 or 5 things that these poems have in common, just turn your points into PEE paragraphs. You are all BRILLIANT at PEE now. You have done it a lot over the last few weeks!