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CIE English Literature (0486) Exam Predictions ;o

Anyone taking this exam?

Any predictions on the Gillian Clarke poetry anthology and the Stories of Ourselves prose anthology?

My exam is on next Mon and Friday

Cheers.

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Reply 1

DavoGCSE

Original post by badlitstudent

Anyone taking this exam?

Any predictions on the Gillian Clarke poetry anthology and the Stories of Ourselves prose anthology?

My exam is on next Mon and Friday

Cheers.

Following, I do secret river as prose and songs of ourselves anthology as my poems. Does anyone have any tips or notes or anything?? Specifically for unseen

Reply 2

unknown1209

I do the same as the OP. I have decent notes on the stories but not on the poems. Any help?

Reply 3

badlitstudent

Original post by unknown1209

I do the same as the OP. I have decent notes on the stories but not on the poems. Any help?

See if this helps http://www.timdunne.org/gillianclarkepoems.html

Reply 4

anon.student00

Does anyone else think that Clarke's poems do not really have a strong inferential background and that they are overly cryptic for the simple stories they are?

Reply 5

badlitstudent

Original post by anon.student00

Does anyone else think that Clarke's poems do not really have a strong inferential background and that they are overly cryptic for the simple stories they are?

Most of the poems are written based on Clarke's personal experience, and I do agree that some poems like Pipistrelle are especially hard to interpret and understand ;p

Hopefully those won't come up in the exam.

Reply 6

Queenie123

does anyone do my Antonia? xx

Reply 7

DavoGCSE

For the songs of ourselves anthology (probs the same for all anthologies anyway), will we get a choice between two poems, only get one, or get more (like three or something)?

Reply 8

Queenie123

Original post by DavoGCSE

For the songs of ourselves anthology (probs the same for all anthologies anyway), will we get a choice between two poems, only get one, or get more (like three or something)?

you'll have a choice between:

one question based on one poem
OR
one question asking you to compare the poem above and another poem

hope this helps x

Reply 9

DavoGCSE

Original post by Queenie123

you'll have a choice between:

one question based on one poem
OR
one question asking you to compare the poem above and another poem

hope this helps x

Are you sure? Thanks a lot xx

Reply 10

Queenie123

Original post by DavoGCSE

Are you sure? Thanks a lot xx

I think so xx

Reply 11

username2805430

anyone doing silas marner and songs of ourselves the volume 2 about love

Reply 12

Queenie123

Original post by nish2910

anyone doing silas marner and songs of ourselves the volume 2 about love

I'm doing the songs of ourselves about love x
Which is your favourite poem? I think mine would have to be Passion or She was a Phantom of Delight :smile:

Reply 13

weekendkid

I'm writng 0460/12 and I'm doing the short stories anthology. Does anyone have any ideas which short stories are likely to come for my variant???

Reply 14

username2805430

Original post by Queenie123

I'm doing the songs of ourselves about love x
Which is your favourite poem? I think mine would have to be Passion or She was a Phantom of Delight :smile:

Same! And liOn heart is okay -- do you have any predictions?