Paper 2 - poems

Question 1

what authorial methods are used in the browning poems

Answer 1

• dramatic monologue
• distinct rhythm which tells us something about the criminals
• disturbing imagery
• setting of the murder

Question 2

what authorial methods are uses in peter grimes

Answer 2

• narrative poem - tells his life story
• setting
• imagery
• emotive language
• 3rd person on looker narrator
• rhyming couplets puts emphasis on rhyming words

Question 3

what authorial methods are used in the ballard of reading gaol

Answer 3

• imagery
• ballard - in favour of the people in prison
• repitition
• pathetic fallacy
• personification