English Lit help?

the way i get full marks (in the practise papers that is) is by doing the following when comparing texts:

learn all the super neerdy words for literary devices and put them in SUBTLY!! dont say "here is an example of chiamus", instead say like, "blah blah epitomized by the concluding chiamus.."
ALWAYS comment on alternate interpratations. this is easy marks here... suggest the conventional interpration that atthe end say something like, "both poems are similar in that they connote conflicting ideas" or whatever. then go on to explain your on-the-spot interpration (make as outlandish as you want providing you can justify. dont worry, examiners love original interprations...) and how the poem seems to contradict itself.

or you can just do the boring "another way to view the poem is as a ..." but that's kinda boring.

o yeh, cool lil tip, reffer to the vocabulary the poet uses as either a lexicon, diction or register and even better, use all three, and just interchange the words when you next need to say "the poets vocab...is..".

oooo also, every time you comment refer to the reader and the fact the poem is designed to be read. shows context i think. say "the blah blah blah interests the reader" and so on.

another tip i find useful, if you find you have rambled on for a paragraph not answering the question, like not refering to relationship, or not comparing, simply end your paragraph by saying "that/those comments show that bla bla bla...." hehe i love that one because we get lost sometimes in our stream of consciousness...


anyways, hope that helps just ask if you need anymore tips

yup
im doin AQA on tuesday morning also