The 4 poem method - GCSE AQA conflict poetry 2018

My bad, I actually kicked myself in the exam. Luckily I had London memorised, so yeahhh. My bad - I'll admit it.

Ozymandias is maybe the most versatile out of all of them anyway

Yeah - which is why I was lucky, as you can make practically anything compare with it.

I did GCSEs last year and thought I was lucky getting Bayonet Charge. Not gonna lie - I was hoping year 11 would be screwed over this year.

Yeah - which is why I was lucky, as you can make practically anything compare with it.

Can you please tell me what u mean whn u say individual experience for a poem got mocks tomorrow morning

Can you please tell me what u mean whn u say individual experience for a poem got mocks tomorrow morning

GCSE EDIT: THEY DID OZYMANDIAS! Luckily I had London memorised - how did you guys find it?


Hey guys,

So I'm having a late mock for Lit paper 2 on Feb 23rd, and I devised a way to do the poetry bit, by only having to learn four poems. The great thing is that these four poems together compare with every other poem in the whole cluster! So just learn maybe 5-6 key quotes from these four poems, along with the main ideas, and you'll be set.

EDIT : I've got my results back, and I got 27/30 for the poetry comparison section, resulting in a grade 8 overall, so I'm happy!

Of course, go over the other poems too, so that it's easy to analyse them in the exam, when it's given to you.

Key: Main Poem, Other Poem, Theme.

I'm learning Bayonet Charge, Poppies, London and Kamikaze. These 4 main poems compare with each other too, so you only need these 4, no matter what poem is given to you in the actual exam.

Bayonet Charge compares with: Exposure, Charge of the Light Brigade, Remains, Poppies and Kamikaze. The themes connecting all of these poems are Reality of Conflict, Effects of Conflict, and Individual Experience.

Poppies compares with: London (Loss and Absence) and Bayonet Charge. It also compares with Kamikaze, Remains and War Photographer for 3 same themes - Effect of Conflict, Memory, and Individual Experience.

London compares with: Poppies, Checking Out Me History (Power of Humans, Anger), My Last Duchess (Abuse of Power), and The Prelude (Individual Experiences). It may also compare with Storm on the Island if you interpret the poems as being about political conflict, but this is quite hard to do. It compares with Ozymandias for Abuse of Power.

Kamikaze compares with: Poppies, The Prelude (Power of Nature, Fear, Individual Experiences), Charge of the Light Brigade (common with Bayonet Charge), and Storm on the Island (Power of Nature).

Hope this helped, and good luck for the actual GCSEs!

I have an alternative method. Get lucky.

Lol good for you - It still worked for me though, I got a 9 in my English GCSE using it.

Hello, I'm a current year 11 and this helped so much! but where is tissue?

GCSE EDIT: THEY DID OZYMANDIAS! Luckily I had London memorised - how did you guys find it? I also got a 9 from my method
Hey guys,
So I'm having a late mock for Lit paper 2 on Feb 23rd, and I devised a way to do the poetry bit, by only having to learn four poems. The great thing is that these four poems together compare with every other poem in the whole cluster! So just learn maybe 5-6 key quotes from these four poems, along with the main ideas, and you'll be set.
EDIT : I've got my results back, and I got 27/30 for the poetry comparison section, resulting in a grade 8 overall, so I'm happy!
Of course, go over the other poems too, so that it's easy to analyse them in the exam, when it's given to you.
Key: Main Poem, Other Poem, Theme.
I'm learning Bayonet Charge, Poppies, London and Kamikaze. These 4 main poems compare with each other too, so you only need these 4, no matter what poem is given to you in the actual exam.
Bayonet Charge compares with: Exposure, Charge of the Light Brigade, Remains, Poppies and Kamikaze. The themes connecting all of these poems are Reality of Conflict, Effects of Conflict, and Individual Experience.
Poppies compares with: London (Loss and Absence) and Bayonet Charge. It also compares with Kamikaze, Remains and War Photographer for 3 same themes - Effect of Conflict, Memory, and Individual Experience.
London compares with: Poppies, Checking Out Me History (Power of Humans, Anger), My Last Duchess (Abuse of Power), and The Prelude (Individual Experiences). It may also compare with Storm on the Island if you interpret the poems as being about political conflict, but this is quite hard to do. It compares with Ozymandias for Abuse of Power.
Kamikaze compares with: Poppies, The Prelude (Power of Nature, Fear, Individual Experiences), Charge of the Light Brigade (common with Bayonet Charge), and Storm on the Island (Power of Nature).
Hope this helped, and good luck for the actual GCSEs!

GCSE EDIT: THEY DID OZYMANDIAS! Luckily I had London memorised - how did you guys find it? I also got a 9 from my method
Hey guys,
So I'm having a late mock for Lit paper 2 on Feb 23rd, and I devised a way to do the poetry bit, by only having to learn four poems. The great thing is that these four poems together compare with every other poem in the whole cluster! So just learn maybe 5-6 key quotes from these four poems, along with the main ideas, and you'll be set.
EDIT : I've got my results back, and I got 27/30 for the poetry comparison section, resulting in a grade 8 overall, so I'm happy!
Of course, go over the other poems too, so that it's easy to analyse them in the exam, when it's given to you.
Key: Main Poem, Other Poem, Theme.
I'm learning Bayonet Charge, Poppies, London and Kamikaze. These 4 main poems compare with each other too, so you only need these 4, no matter what poem is given to you in the actual exam.
Bayonet Charge compares with: Exposure, Charge of the Light Brigade, Remains, Poppies and Kamikaze. The themes connecting all of these poems are Reality of Conflict, Effects of Conflict, and Individual Experience.
Poppies compares with: London (Loss and Absence) and Bayonet Charge. It also compares with Kamikaze, Remains and War Photographer for 3 same themes - Effect of Conflict, Memory, and Individual Experience.
London compares with: Poppies, Checking Out Me History (Power of Humans, Anger), My Last Duchess (Abuse of Power), and The Prelude (Individual Experiences). It may also compare with Storm on the Island if you interpret the poems as being about political conflict, but this is quite hard to do. It compares with Ozymandias for Abuse of Power.
Kamikaze compares with: Poppies, The Prelude (Power of Nature, Fear, Individual Experiences), Charge of the Light Brigade (common with Bayonet Charge), and Storm on the Island (Power of Nature).
Hope this helped, and good luck for the actual GCSEs!