AQA GCSE English Literature Exams - 20th and 23rd May 2013 *OFFICAL THREAD*

in the mark scheme it says to evaluate, what does it mean by this???

It does have enjambment! "don't hang- on my lips"

anyone else do the PLACE question about IMAGERY and CHANGE in Wild Swans at Coole and another poem?


If so what did you do?

I did the moment

Ah that sounds good! I mentioned for both that they show emotional destruction- the yellow palm about the muezzin and Belfast confetti about him stuttering. Then about how it causes destruction of natural world in yellow palm-barbarian sun and man made destruction in Belfast confetti- about the labyrinth :P

I did Below the Green Corrie. Basically I went on about how there is a sense of nostalgia in WSaC and that the change has already happened - the transition from young and innocent to old and world-weary; whereas in BGC the change happens within the poem and is a lot less subtle, and is portrayed with vivid metaphorical imagery.
I only did two pages though, and I'm really worried that it's not enough.

For the unseen poem, I immediately noticed that the author seemed to be stuck in that nightmare state where you are trying to run as fast as you can and yet it's like you're underwater. I went on to say how this represents the mother feeling like she's being left behind as her daughter grows up and becomes more independent, and how the mother still wants to care for her daughter like a little child, and how she is anxious for the future: has she brought her daughter up well enough? Will her daughter be successful? - etc.
There's also the obvious comparison of the process of growing up and learning to ride a bike - when you are a child, you are constantly learning and only just getting to grips with the world; you're making your hesitant way forward guided by adults (like stabilisers on a bike) and as you grow up you are becoming more skilled and more fluent in handling new situations and you don't need adults so much; you are independent. Meanwhile, I mentioned the reluctance of the mother to let go of her daughter and let her be independent - 'empty nest syndrome'.

*Faints spontaneously*

was i the only one that compared the river god to les grands seigneurs?

errh! everyone did sonnet 116 , did anyone do born yesterday?

i compared it with ghazal , is that too far fetched?

I dont know what I was thinking!

God, I know! I figured 3 and 2 was enough! :P

Was she really moving slowly like in sleep paralysis? I assumed she was just not able to keep up with a bike pedalling at full speed, which seems pretty normal.

First I stupidly went and done sonnet 116 to hour
Then changed my mind with 15 minutes left and decided to do Born Yesterday compared to Nettles

Sorry to point this out, but you are like the fifth ryan on this thread. I have been on it a few days now. It's kinda weird, but cool at the same time!!!

Best of luck with the exam!

Thank God English Lit is finished

Not necessarily that; it's just the vibe I got - just an interpretation

I did the Relationships cluster & I'm sososo happy that Sonnet 116 came up!

I compared Sonnet 116 with To His Coy Mistress and said how love isn't affected by beauty in S116 but is in THCM, love isn't impacted by time in S116 but is in THCM, and I compared the ideas presented on the types of love in each poem (i.e. Sonnet 116 shows romantic love; THCM shows physical + more sinister love).

Did anyone else compare Sonnet 116 with THCM?