To a Daughter Leaving Home
Poem for my sister
Children in Wartime
A Irishman Foresees His Death
How to Leave the World that Worships Should
Dusting the Phone
In Oak Terrace
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Read the poem once through without annotating it at all
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Read the title, and write down any significant analysis for that relevant to the question
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Read the question again so you know what you are looking out for when analysing.
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Go through the poem and identify any techniques used (metaphor, simile, caesura etc.)
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Work out which lines are most relevant to the question. Take these and write the affect they have on the reader.
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Brief introduction, including overarching point
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Paragraph about overall meaning of the poem
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Paragraph about imagery within the poem
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Paragraph about the structure and form of the poem
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Paragraph about the language used within the poem
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Concluding statement bringing all the points together, back to the overarching point and the question
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The poetic technique(s) used in the quote you have chosen
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The affect on the reader the quote has
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Link back to the question
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Use multiple layers of interpretation and word level analysis on the quote
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Justify how your analysis of the quote proves your point(s)
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Overall comparison point, relevant to question
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Quote from poem one, name poetic technique and give overall meaning of quote
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Analyse quote in more detail, for example multiple layers of interpretation, word level analysis or other techniques
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Give the affect of the quote on the reader and link back to the question
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Comparitive linking word/phrase followed by quote for poem 2, named poetic technique and overall meaning given
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Analyse quote in more detail, for example multiple layers of interpretation, word level analysis or other techniques
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Give the affect of the quote on the reader
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Conclusion of paragraph, comparitive tone and linking back to question
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Overall comparison point, relevant to question
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Quote from poem one, name poetic technique and give overall meaning of quote
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Analyse quote in more detail, for example multiple layers of interpretation, word level analysis or other techniques
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Give the affect of the quote on the reader and link back to the question
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Comparitive linking word/phrase followed by quote for poem 2, named poetic technique and overall meaning given
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Analyse quote in more detail, for example multiple layers of interpretation, word level analysis or other techniques
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Give the affect of the quote on the reader
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Conclusion of paragraph, comparitive tone and linking back to question
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Brief introduction, including overarching point
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Paragraph about overall meaning of the poem
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Paragraph about imagery within the poem
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Paragraph about the structure and form of the poem
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Paragraph about the language used within the poem
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Concluding statement bringing all the points together, back to the overarching point and the question
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The poetic technique(s) used in the quote you have chosen
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The affect on the reader the quote has
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Link back to the question
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Use multiple layers of interpretation and word level analysis on the quote
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Justify how your analysis of the quote proves your point(s)