GCSE A/A* AQA English Lit poetry comparison help?

This is how I structure paragraphs for English Literature, poetry:


Point 1
Evidence
Primary interpretation
Secondary interpretation
Specific word analysis / tertiary interpretation

Point 2
Evidence
Primary interpretation
Secondary interpretation
Specific word analysis / tertiary interpretation

Point 3
Evidence
Primary interpretation
Secondary interpretation
Specific word analysis / tertiary interpretation


The key thing which this achieves is to say as much as possible about one detail in the poem. So you will end up doing lots of close-analysis for three quotations for your points about language in x poem.

You would repeat this structure three times (except for structure/form and sounds/voice it is only necessary to do two of these analytical paragraphs).

What we got told to do is go through the Anthology and write summary paragraphs for the tone, the key points and the structure of the poem. Then, try and compare the poems that have similarities THAT YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT! I find this an easy way to remember as the exam is mainly comparing the poem they give you and another one of your choice. You should structure it by either looking at the comparisons and writing about them for both poems or doing all the comparisons for one and then same for the other and linking them in between. Hope this helps and good luck!

I'm doing this cluster, and the poems my teacher thinks could come up are Hunchback, MLD, Ozy, On a Portrait or Medusa... So yeah quite a long list but yano make sure you write about form and structure! They help you access the higher marks.

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Thankyou! Not many people do this cluster I actually prefer it to others though, I can't stand the Ozymandias though

It focuses mainly on language, ie three analytical sections for language devices; two for structure and two for the third category.

The primary/secondary interpretations are just alternative ways of explaining the meaning. So if you're given a quote, you will say "This implies that x because*. Alternatively this could mean y because of*."

I've done it before no problem. It's all about knowing exactly what to write beforehand, like I do.

Let's count:
- introduction
- poem A language devices
- poem B language devices
- poem A structure
- poem B structure
- poem A sound/voice
- poem B sound/voice
- conclusion

8 paragraphs, and considering two of them are introduction/conclusion, that's 6 paragraphs. Roughly 1200 words in total - definitely doable.

Let's count:
- introduction
- poem A language devices
- poem B language devices
- poem A structure
- poem B structure
- poem A sound/voice
- poem B sound/voice
- conclusion

8 paragraphs, and considering two of them are introduction/conclusion, that's 6 paragraphs. Roughly 1200 words in total - definitely doable.

So in yours you only make one point about language, one about structure and one about imagery? I always believed you're supposed to try to make 3 points with 3 bits of evidence and their corresponding analysis.

my structure and to be honest, the best structure thats on this thread...

1)Introduce the 2 poems in a very short intro

2) Point for first peom
Evidence for first poem
Briefly explain the evidence
Analyse one word within the evidence (2 interpretations)
Link with second poem (similarily/conversely)
Evidence for second poem
Explanation of evidence for second poem while referring to first poem
Pick out one word and 2 interpretation while linking with interpretations made about first poem
Evaluation: how both poems are similar or different
Further evaluation: Which poem is more effective to the reader

3) do this structure for language, structure and imagery so you should have 3 paragraphs

4) conclusion... breifly sum up all your points and conclude whether the poems were more similar or increasingly different.

Done. A*. 36/36 45 mins max. Move on to section B.

I prefer this structure! Thanks so much x


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I prefer this structure! Thanks so much x


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you are welcome. As long as you use this structure effectively, you will be in mark band 6 for every answer and worst case scenario would be around 34/36. Last year, an A was 34/54. So even if you leave out the unseen poem, you will still get an A haha

For language, structure and imagery what would you talk about? for language - use of irony? emotive vocabularly? individual words?
and for structure - rhyme scheme? stanza shape?


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