GCSE English lit poetry

I need help how am I supposed to revise for all the poem in power and conflict??

Reply 1

I made flashcards for each poem using StudySmarter on 3 quotations (fully analysed), the title analysis, structure and form of the poem etc. What exam board are you? cos i did conflict OCR and could send you them but i think you do aqa
When it comes to revision, for each poem (day before my exam!) i got a piece of paper and divided it into 4 sections: language, structure, title, message and then did a blurt for each. I found that really helpful and wished id thought of it sooner!
For exam tech do practice essays and find a paragraph structure that works. I used Point Quotation Analysis Message Structure Reader which worked very well for me (consistently got 19/20 on poetry throughout years 10 and 11!).
Also if you have the anthology book pick a random poem from another collection (like love and relationships or something) and just compare them- like find any similarities you can because differences are much easier i find.
If you want to practice essays and have them marked, post them on TSR and state the exam board and question in the post and hopefully someone will come along and mark it for you 🙂

Reply 2

asda29

Original post by CAROL_47

I need help how am I supposed to revise for all the poem in power and conflict??

me personally i did what mr salles on YT said , which is to find all the combinations of poems which may seem long but isnt , all you do is get a lot of flash cards and plan wayy ahead so lets say you got Exposure in your test you will already plan 5 things you will compare with another of your chosen poem then in the exam you can recall this points and have a builts plan. Remember to put emphasis on your writers effect, and always consider language structure and form to get higherst marks, me personally i was getting 6 , 5 and 4s in english (i cant even speak it properly) yet i was 1 mark awya from 8 on lit and 7 on lang so watch mr salles and mr everythingeducation

Reply 3

lohiba

Original post by CAROL_47

I need help how am I supposed to revise for all the poem in power and conflict??

Read each poem. Annotate the poems with themes, imagery, language, structure. Highlight any symbols or metaphors and make connections between them and the themes of power and conflict.

Write short analyses of each poem, focusing on how the poet uses language and structure to convey themes.

Create flashcards with key quotes from each poem. Group the poems by common themes or attitudes

Practice comparing two or more poems. Practice with past paper questions and try to write at least one timed essay per week. Get the mark and feedback from Tilf website to know what to improve.