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English lit GCSE poetry unit 2 exam 22nd of May 2015

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Reply 100

Amy Hickman

why did nobody else compare manhunt to brothers omgomgomg no...

Reply 101

Jay Rye

Original post by TheTruthTeller

Did anybody do the the relationship poems?

I did the manhunt one, I compared it to Quickdraw.

Reply 102

jamesj25

i did poppies and bayonet charge

Reply 103

jamesj25

How did you structure your points ?

Reply 104

Lovinlife2

Original post by Kilomontari

I compared My Last Duchess to The River God for pride, I writ a lot about structure and how they are both proud of their power and how they are both proud of killing a women. Nobody else compred these two, have I ****ed up?

That's actually a very good choice - good on you and you haven't messed up! If you've written about pride throughout with structure, language and techniques, you should be fine. Do not worry :smile:

Reply 105

Lovinlife2

Original post by TH3-FL45H

Anyone else do the My Last Duchess question? I compared it to Ozymandias.

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Those both compliment each very well - good choice :smile:

They both display pride and power in their individual ways. How did you find the exam overall?

Original post by ions

I did, but I compared it to The Ruined Maid. Ozymandias would have been good...but I wasn't thinking clearly at all.

Not to worry, other people have done the same as you :smile:

The Ruined Maid also works just as well they both talk about how rich and happy they are of themselves which shows pride. You've chosen a good selection - do not fret :smile:

Were you happy with the outcome of the exam?

Reply 106

ozmo19

Original post by I need starbucks

woah!!! how did you write so much i wrote like a side and a quarter for seen and a side for unseen

I have massive handwriting in their booklets - like 5-7 words a line

Reply 107

grovyle

Original post by nitrocuddles

Barely anyone does the Place cluster!
I compared Below with Storm in the Black Forest.
What did you write about your comparisons?

ah finally someone who does place :biggrin:

i wrote about how in btcg the mountains are personified as bandits for intimidation and overpowering the speaker etc and in cold knap lake i wrote about the power of nature and how it can come so close to killing/drowning someone
hope i did okay! how'd you find it + what did you write about?

Reply 108

smtagrg

Original post by TheClassicsGeek

Did anyone do Relationships? I wrote about Sister Maude and Sonnet 43? Also for the unseen I absoloutley messed it up!! I put something along the lines of "the oxymoronic contrast between crude and fantastic is reminscent of the Christian wedding vows 'for better for worse' and the 'forever' is representative of their marriage therefore the whole poem is like the build up to them getting married". OMG I can't believe I could be so stupid, you know when you just get really carried away...

What??? I don't get it, it sounds fine??? I also mentioned the oxymoron, however, I linked this to when she talks about her symptoms where she has mentioned both positive and negatives... Was kind of in a rush and thinking back at it now none of it probably made that much sense. I mostly talked about the form and structure to show love and probably added like one quote.

Btw, I also did relationships and Sister Maude!! 🙋 I compared this to In Paris with You though.... Should have done Manhunt instead 😭

Reply 109

TheTruthTeller

I compared manhunt with quickdraw.

Introduction:

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Context of Manunt- Bosnian war- Effects of war on relationship- dark tone

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Context of Quickdraw- light hearted tone, 21st century characteristed by the mobile phone

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Both show damaged relationships through structure, language, imagery, etc

Paragraph 1: Structural points

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Manhunt in couplets

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Manhunt title negative connotations

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Mislead reader in first stanza

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Some couplets rhyme and some have half rhyme- unpredictability of relationship

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Quick draw structured 4 stanzas of 4 lines each

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Stanza 1 and 4 uniform but stanza 2 and 3 resemble the guns

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Added audiences reponses and a few language points

Paragraph 2: Imagery

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Metaphor of porcelain- what it represents- emotions

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Foetus of metal- growing inside him- damage is growing inside him and a certain point cannot be stopped

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Each couplet about a part of his body and shows slow repair of their relationships

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Did some effects on audience and alternate ideas concerning some words

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Quickdraw- I put the "Blast me quote"- dramatic- creates tension- like a western movie

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Alliteration

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Effect on audience

Paragraph 3: Ambigious endings

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Manhunt ends with a half rhyme- portraying the fragmented relationship

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Half rhyme of mind and mine- Most damaged part of relationship is not physical but emotional- mine suggests something which will explode unexpectadly any moment- possible reffference to PTSD

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Similarly Quickdraw ends ambigiously

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Take this ... this.....

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We are not sure if this is a kiss or a gun shot

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This allows reader to make up their mind and show how a phone can be used for both good and bad- to damage and mend

Conclusion: Reiterate why structure, language etc is used

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One to show effect of war- the other the effect of modern technology to damage relationship

All my points I can think of. I have no clue why I wasted my time writing this but meh :P

Reply 110

Mariellll

I compared bayonet charge to futility but really regretting it now... Is futility a really stupid choice for fear?? I didn't talk about fear that much :/ my friend made the same mistake and didn't read the setting part of the question my teacher said she can only lose 6 marks max out of the 40

Reply 111

catherinexxx

Original post by Kilomontari

I did but I said they lose pride as they lose control hope thats okay i backed it with evidence

Reply 112

ScreamingWhisper

I compared Brenden Gallacher to The Ruined Maid

For the unseen I wrote about love being seen as a healer, and making negative experiences into good ones
And also an alternative interpretation about love being a drug which brings temporary gratification. My friend done a really good interpretation about how the poem was about an abusive relationship and the last line in each stanza represented how the speaker was trying to convince her/him self that all this abuse "symptoms" is making her/his life better

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Reply 113

Conor1998

Original post by Lucy99needshelp

Yeah, there's a whole thread on this question- it's so weird that so many people didn't see it! Fortunately, if you look at the mark scheme, only 1 of the six bullet points is actually about answering the question, so it's possible to still get a high grade without focusing entirely on it. I've also heard that teachers and examiners have been saying this too, so I'm not as worried now, and I hope you're not either. Thanks for the help though! :tongue:

Haha, that's convenient! Thanks for that and good luck with the result

Reply 114

blitzchika

Original post by Miss.Unknow

I did Q 05 with the Mametz wood one and compared to futility! i think i did pretty well with comparing them and stuff, how was the unseen poem for you guys?

I did the same comparison. I felt like for the unseen I had strong points but not original/unique

Reply 115

OliwierEB

Has anybody compared ''Sister Maude'' to ''Brothers''?

Reply 116

Narz

Original post by gcsestudent10

Hi guys, today I did my english lit aqa poetry exam and chose to do the question about Mametz Wood. I compared it to Fuility but apparently the question was about places? I must have completely misread it as I thought it said 'How does the poet present ideas about conflict in Mametz Wood and one other poem in Conflict'. Is anyone else in this position too? Thanks a lot :smile:

I compared it to falling leaves, but don't worry about it I made the same mistake! Almost EVERYONE in my year group misread that question! I spoke to my english teacher afterwards and they said not to worry at all because all that will happen is that when the examiner realises that you haven't directly answered the question all they do is send it to the 'lead examiner' who will then mark your exam on the quality of your answer rather than how well it links to what its asking. Apparently they cannot mark you down for misreading the question since they'll just mark the quality of your analysis :smile:

Reply 117

mmmsss

i also did the place cluster and i compared Below the green corrie with storm in the black forest. i talked about how in below, nature uses it power as a positive thing, eg 'enriched' whereas in storm in the black forest, nature uses its power in a negative way to humans. what did you compare?

Reply 118

NavyBlueBear99

Original post by OliwierEB

Has anybody compared ''Sister Maude'' to ''Brothers''?

Yeah- Several of my friends did this- one said she just looked at "sister maude" and thought of "brothers". A lot of people also did "The Manhunt" with "farmers bride", "brothers" or "in Paris with you".

I did "sister maude" with "praise song", which I said could be negative and untrusting as the language was ambiguous. I don't know if it was a stupid idea to compare with "praise song" but hey... it's over now. Bye bye English lit.
Actually I need to do pretty well on this as I think I did horrendously on The Woman in Black and Of Mice and Men :frown: