- Compare the form and style of the poems On My First Sonne and Mother Any distance.
Explaining what emotions they are discussing using what kind of imagery, how the poets have set them out on the page, and why they have chosen that format for their poems. - Compare the form and style of Hathaway and Sonnet 130.
Explain the form that the poets have chosen and why it is particularly applicable and appropriate for the content of the poems. Continue reading “Comparing the poems in the poetry section of the literature paper”
Compare the ways poets present powerful emotions in at least four of the poems you have studied
Write about ‘Havisham’ by Duffy, one poem by Armitage and two from the pre-1914 section.
What poems would you choose? ‘Havisham’ is about a bitter, sexually-frustrated woman so perhaps ‘Mother any Distance’ makes a good contrast along with ‘On My First Sonne’ and ‘The Laboratory’
How are you going to structure your answer?
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