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AS Level Poetry: Paper 3
Poems on Relationships II
Childhood by Frances Cornford
My Parents by Stephen Spender
For Heidi with Blue Hair by Fleur Adcock
AS Level Poetry: Paper 3
Poems on War I
Anthem for Doomed Youth
My Dreams are of a Field Afar
Attack
Language Questions:
1. Do you feel these three poems develop the notion of disillusionment and a certain disenchantment ? How do the poets employ various methods in each of the aforementioned poems?
2. In Lines 1-4 , Sassoon employs alliteration, rhyme, rhythm and assonance to present the landscape. How does he achieve the desired effect?
3.There is a sudden shift in the tone in the middle of line 4 in Attack. What does it lead to?
4.When does a sense of disarray and confusion sets in the poem? To what extent this sense of loss continue?
5. Compare:
- ‘ And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists,/ Flounders in mud.O Jesus, make it stop!’
- ‘What candles may be held to speed them all?/Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes/Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.’
6. Compare the titles of the war poems of Housman and Owen.
7.The Octave of Anthem for Doomed Youth presents a death and a subsequent funeral offered. Identify the tone of the speaker towards it.
AS Level Paper 3: Poetry
Poems on Relationships I
Follower by Seamus Heaney
Elegy for My father’s Father by James K.Baxter
Praise Song for My Mother
Language and Form Questions
1.How is the title significant to the theme of a parent-child in each of these poems?
2. What special lexicon is employed by both Heaney and Nichols while they create the personas of a father and a mother respectively?
3. How important is the refrain ‘ You were’ at the beginning of each stanza in Praise Song for My Mother?
4. How do you interpret the concluding verbs of each stanza in Praise Song for My Mother?
5. Identify the relationship between the four metaphors used by the poet in relation to the ‘praise’ that she writes of her mother.
6. How does the poet of Follower develop a sense of awe for his father using specialized choice of words?
7. The second stanza of Follower begins ‘ An expert.’ Does this bring an abruptness in the tone ?
8.Evaluate the effect of the enjambment in lines 8-9 and 22-23.
Structure and Form Questions
1.How do the form and structure of the aforementioned poems contribute towards the theme of relationship between young and old?
2. What is effect of the isolated occurrence of the last line in Praise Song for My Mother?
Pre-reading: Coriolanus
Roman Life: The Ideal of the State in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/coriolanus/index.html
Shakespeare’s Sources for Coriolanus
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sources/coriolanussources.html
Coriolanus: The Plot
AS Level Literature 9695 Paper 3: Songs of Ourselves
Revision Template for Poems
Poetry Anthology Revision Template by Najia Zaheer Nazir
How to Write An Essay on Setting of a Text
USE OF SETTING ESSAYS:
Many students seem to see use of setting essays as an excuse to write as much as they can about the plot of the novel, whilst opening each paragraph with a comment reflecting the location of the material which they discuss is.
The sad fact is that such “narrative driven” essays will score few marks, particularly at advanced level, and this document has been prompted by a batch of IBDP essays concerning the use of setting in The Awakening (Chopin) and Snow Falling on Cedars (Guterson).
APPROACH:
It is important to note that setting refers to the whole “world” of the novel – location, era, culture, use of time of day (“hour”) and that any response should show an awareness of each of these ideas if possible. Ideally the response will be able to consider contrasts within the novel to build a sense of debate in…
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Perspectives on Christian Morality in Wuthering Heights
Reading Assignment: Wuthering Heights
Assignment :Reading of the Novel
Duration:
Reading Wuthering Heights by Emile Bronte, with Specific emphasis on the first 10 chapters
Unit 2.3-2.5, Term 1, 2011-12
Instructions:
You are being allocated a fortnight’s period to read the complete novel with specific focus on the critical reading of the first 10 chapters.
- You are expected to use the information disseminated through classroom discussions and lectures to form your personal opinions regarding various
- character traits,
- themes ,
- setting,
- background of the characters,
- structure of the novel, and
- the role of narrative
- Use highlighter while you read to codify the particular themes. You can devise your own keys to represent the themes
- After the completion of this assignment you will be required to appear for the presentation session which carries 15 % of your Formative Grading profile .
Use the following general pointers to assist your reading of the entire novel
Structure:
- Told by two narrators
- Choice of Lockwood as a narrator
- Advantages to the choice of Nelly Dean as the recounter of much of the tale’s background
- Participation of her in the tale?
- Reliability of Nelly Dean
- Personality of the narrators
Themes:
The role of the social class
- In one’s upbringing and shaping of personality
- Clashes amongst the classes
- Role that the servants ( Nelly, Joseph and Zillah) play
Use of setting
- Influence of isolation and location of the novel’s northern Yorkshire setting on the tone and events of the story
- Are there symbolic elements to the descriptions of the houses and their landscapes?
Relationships
- Each character’s motivations for becoming involved in his or her relationship (beyond “s/he was in love!!”)
Motherhood and parenting
- Characters suffering from childhood neglect
- Effects of harsh child upbringing
Violence
- Recurring scenes of violence
- Motives of the violent characters
- Little opposition that they face from their surroundings
Elements of Interest and Suspense
Characters’ Profile
Recommended Web Resources
- http://wikitravel.org/en/Yorkshire_Moors
- http://www.academicinfo.net/englitvictorian.html
- http://victorian.fortunecity.com/whistler/23/
Reading Assignment Wuthering Heights 1
Naj's Rhyme and Reason 